If you liked this movie, you should also see: The King of Comedy (1982)Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Being There (1979)Tootsie (1982)The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
A hapless talent manager named Danny Rose, by helping a client, gets dragged into a love triangle involving the mob. His story is told in flashback, an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York's Carnegie Deli. Rose's one-man talent agency represents countless incompetent entertainers, including a one-legged tap dancer, and one slightly talented one: washed-up lounge singer Lou Canova, whose career is on the rebound.