The Fan

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Cast

Lauren Bacall
as Sally Ross

Michael Biehn
as Douglas Breen

James Garner
as Jake Berman

Maureen Stapleton
as Belle Goldman

Hector Elizondo
as Ralph Andrews

Anna Maria Horsford
as Emily Stolz

Kurt Johnson
as David Branum

Feiga Martinez
as Elsa

Reed Jones
as Choreographer

Kaiulani Lee
as Douglas' Sister

Alixe Gordin

Charles Blackwell
as John Vetta

Dwight Schultz
as Director

Erik van Valkenburg

Dana Delany
as Saleswoman

Terence Marinan
as Young Man in Bar

Lesley Rogers
as Heidi

Parker McCormick
as Hilda

Robert Weil
as Pop

Ed Crowley
as Caretaker

Gail Benedict
as Assistant Choreographer

D. David Lewis
as Pianist

Griffin Dunne
as Production Assistant

Themi Sapountzakis
as Markham

Jean De Baer
as Stage Manager

Liz Smith
as Herself

Rene Ceballos
as Dancer

Clif DeRaita
as Dancer

Edyie Fleming
as Dancer

Linda Haberman
as Dancer

Sergio Lopez-Cal
as Dancer

Jamie Patterson
as Dancer

Justin Ross
as Dancer

Stephanie E. Williams
as Dancer

Jim Wolfe
as Dancer

Thomas Saccio
as Prop Man

Victoria Vanderkloot
as Pen Thief

James Ogden
as Drummer

Terry DuHaime
as Nurse

Donna Mitchell
as Hostess

Hector Osorio
as Doughnut Vendor

Lionel Pina
as Customer

Miriam Phillips
as Woman on Steps

Jack R. Marks
as Doorman

George Peters
as Doorman

Eric Van Valkenburg
as Fan

Ann Pearl Gary
as Fan

Madeline Moroff
as Fan

Leo Schaff
as Fan

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Critic Reviews for The Fan

Audience Reviews for The Fan

• Mar 02, 2008

  1981 "the fan" is a self-recycling tale of lauren bacall's past stardom, a self-referential parody since it is convinient to barrow her young glamour shots in the flick. bacall is sally ross, the aging super star who decides to head broadway while she suffers from the melancholy after divorce despite her ex is still escorting her. on the other hand, her number one fanatic fan douglas is running amok becuz the grand sally ross never has time or care to read or reply one goddamned word to him. he blames sally ross' assistant for intercepting his letters, so he teaches her a lesson by disfiguring her. solitude in reclusion and continuous refusals trigger off his insanity, so douglas makes up his mind to go for the extreme to get what he wants most: a responded letter from sally ross. the flick is corny, and it centers on trivia around bacall more than the lunatic state of the fan. it is partially a melodrama of bacall's november romance featuring her relationship with men, her struggling career and her dazzling musical, occasionally boasted with a cheesy sense of horror which populates in 70s and 80s slasher flick. it is amazing that bacall still remains a touch of class and a tint of hipster glamour in 1981, but wouln't it be absurd that all sally ross has to do is raising her precious hands to type a letter to stop this dreadful madness but she's not even courageous enough to do so? but she has guts enough to stick a knife in him at the end? typical star with imperious conceits and insoulciant insolence, who takes admiration for granted.
  Veronique K Super Reviewer
• Mar 29, 2007

  read the book instead
  jay n Super Reviewer

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