

100 minutes
11/14/2021
Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others. We hear from admirers such as critic Gerald Early, actor Jon Hamm, and Hip-Hop artist RZA who testify to Martin’s enduring mystique.

Dean Martin
as Self (archive footage)

Alec Baldwin
as Self

Jeanine Basinger
as Self
Jerry Blavat
as Self

Peter Bogdanovich
as Self
Bill Boggs
as Self

Carol Burnett
as Self

Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
Neil Daniels
as Self

Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)

Angie Dickinson
as Self
Tom Dreesen
as Self

Gerald Early
as Self
Susan R Ewing
as Self
Todd Fisher
as Self
Will Friedwald
as Self
Rosie Cox Gitlin
as Self
Lee Hale
as Self

Jon Hamm
as Self
Anne Harden
as Self

Billy Hinsche
as Self

Joshua Homme
as Self

Henry Jaglom
as Self

John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)

Norman Lear
as Self

Barry Levinson
as Self

Jerry Lewis
as Self
Scott Lewis
as Self

Ron Marasco
as Self

Deana Martin
as Self
John Mills
as Self (archive footage)
Herbert Mills
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Mills
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Mills
as Self (archive footage)
Kliph Nesteroff
as Self

Bob Newhart
as Self

Regis Philbin
as Self

Barbara Rush
as Self

RZA
as Self
George Schlatter
as Self

Frank Sinatra
as Self (archive footage)

Tommy Tune
as Self

James Woods
as Self