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Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze

1979TV Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
Drama
6
IMDB Rating
108 votes

The true and tragic story of a very young and very talented comedian from the 70's whose sudden rise to fame had some of it's benefits, as well as some of it's burdens.

Director
Burt Brinckerhoff
Writers
Dalene Young, Peter S. Greenberg
Stars
Ira Angustain, Kevin Hooks, Randee Heller
Release Date
September 11, 1979
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Ira Angustain
as Freddie Prinze
Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks
as Nat Blake
Randee Heller
Randee Heller
as Carol
Julie Carmen
Julie Carmen
as Rose
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Ken Sylk
as David Brenner
Devon Ericson
Devon Ericson
as Kathy
Stephen Elliott
Stephen Elliott
as Jonas
James T. Callahan
James T. Callahan
as Producer
Mike Binder
Mike Binder
as Alan Bursky
Annette Charles
Annette Charles
as Billy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Production
Roger Gimbel Productions, EMI Television

🏷️ Keywords

comediansuicidebased on true storycharacter name in title

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Cruel law of show business
by searchanddestroy-12016-06-19

"OK, I admit that I am French and not necessarily familiarized by every actor or artist from the USA. But I have watched US features and series since forty years now, even the most obscure ones, and I have never heard of this guy. But besides this, I agree that it's fine to speak about this meteoric star...Why should not he deserve to have a movie dedicated to him? I guess many more actors or actresses should have a movie dedicated to their memory too. And I have always craved for rise and fall schemes, and not only for gangsters, but for artists too. And in the TV movies industry, those s..."

💡 Did You Know?

The movie left out the important romance and off/on relationship between Freddie Prinze and Pam Grier. Freddie Prinze claimed that Pam was his one true love and desperately wanted her to have his children, but Pam did not feel it was the right time and she could not handle his fast pace.

📖 Synopsis

The true and tragic story of a very young and very talented comedian from the 70's whose sudden rise to fame had some of it's benefits, as well as some of it's burdens.