Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.

The Rival

2006

English

4.4

♡ 5

26%

Action

Crime

husband wife relationship

Douglas Jackson Director

Tracy Nelson as Alice Miller

Tyrone Benskin as Detective Martin

Heather Tom as Jennifer Adams

Kate Drummond as Woman at Bar

When Alice loses her baby in an act of violence, she learns she cannot have children on her own. She and her husband are overjoyed when they find a surrogate to give them the baby they've always wanted. But Alice's happiness soon turns to jealousy and a deadly rage, causing her to stop at nothing to get her baby.

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