Echo Park
Echo Park

Echo Park

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1985
1h 28m
5.0(15 votes)
Comedy
Drama

Overview

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.

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43 members
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Susan Dey

May

Susan Dey
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Tom Hulce

Jonathan

Tom Hulce
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Michael Bowen

August

Michael Bowen
Directing

Christopher Walker

Henry

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Shirley Jo Finney

Gloria

Shirley Jo Finney
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Heinrich Schweiger

August's Father

Heinrich Schweiger
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Cheech Marin

Syd

Cheech Marin
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John Paragon

Hugo

John Paragon
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Cassandra Peterson

Sheri

Cassandra Peterson
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Timothy Carey

Vinnie

Timothy Carey
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Martin Suppan

Austrian Consul

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Robert R. Shafer

Commercial Director

Robert R. Shafer
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Dorothy Dells

Consulate Secretary

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Yana Nirvana

Woman in Bar

Yana Nirvana
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Paul Anselmo

Policeman

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Jesse Aragon

Policeman

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Robert Cabral

Policeman

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Peter Drain

Bar Customer

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John Pochna

Bar Customer

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Dee Cooper

Man in Park

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Douglas M. Ford

Biker

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Stephen Gaines

Desk Sergeant

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Fred Leaf

Burt Reynolds Look-alike

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Mary Thompson

Prospective Roommate

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Anne Marie Bates

Prospective Roommate

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Jason Mayall

Prospective Roommate

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Renee LeBallister

Prospective Roommate

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Michael Marloe

Partygoer

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Jim Smith

Partygoer

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Skip O'Brien

Prisoner

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Biff Yeager

Jailer

Biff Yeager
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Jackie Easton

Girl in Commercial

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Bob Moss

Birthday Boy

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Doug Knott

Birthday Man

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James Helppi

Guest in Elevator

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George W. Scott

Man with Tip

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De Schneider

Real Estate Secretary

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Patti Tippo

Telegram Stripper

Patti Tippo
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Max Trumpower

Telegram Stripper

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Penny Harris

Telegram Stripper

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Merrill Ward

Telegram Stripper

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Dana Sue Collins

Telegram Stripper

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Peter Kent

Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)

Peter Kent

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