Copacabana

1985

English

83%

based on song, poem or rhyme

Waris Hussein Director

James T. Callahan as Dennis Reilly

Annette O'Toole as Lola Lamar

Ernie Sabella as Sam Gropper

Barry Manilow as Tony Starr

In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.