Echo Park (1985)

Can a stripper, a pizza-man and a bodybuilder find happiness in L.A.?

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.

Cast (43)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Susan Dey

May

Tom Hulce

Jonathan

Michael Bowen

August

C

Christopher Walker

Henry

Shirley Jo Finney

Gloria

Heinrich Schweiger

August's Father

Cheech Marin

Syd

John Paragon

Hugo

Cassandra Peterson

Sheri

Timothy Carey

Vinnie

M

Martin Suppan

Austrian Consul

Robert R. Shafer

Commercial Director

D

Dorothy Dells

Consulate Secretary

Yana Nirvana

Woman in Bar

P

Paul Anselmo

Policeman

J

Jesse Aragon

Policeman

R

Robert Cabral

Policeman

P

Peter Drain

Bar Customer

J

John Pochna

Bar Customer

D

Dee Cooper

Man in Park

D

Douglas M. Ford

Biker

S

Stephen Gaines

Desk Sergeant

F

Fred Leaf

Burt Reynolds Look-alike

M

Mary Thompson

Prospective Roommate

A

Anne Marie Bates

Prospective Roommate

J

Jason Mayall

Prospective Roommate

R

Renee LeBallister

Prospective Roommate

M

Michael Marloe

Partygoer

J

Jim Smith

Partygoer

S

Skip O'Brien

Prisoner

Biff Yeager

Jailer

J

Jackie Easton

Girl in Commercial

B

Bob Moss

Birthday Boy

D

Doug Knott

Birthday Man

J

James Helppi

Guest in Elevator

G

George W. Scott

Man with Tip

D

De Schneider

Real Estate Secretary

Patti Tippo

Telegram Stripper

M

Max Trumpower

Telegram Stripper

P

Penny Harris

Telegram Stripper

M

Merrill Ward

Telegram Stripper

D

Dana Sue Collins

Telegram Stripper

Peter Kent

Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)

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