

My French Amore
A black comedy about a man impersonating a spy in the midst of World War I.

They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.

Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

Harry Hope

Larry Slade

Don Parritt

Willie Oban

Hugo Kalmar

Margie

Pearl

Cora

Cecil Lewis

Joe Mott

Pat McGloin

Jimmy Tomorrow

Chuck Morelo

Rocky Pioggi

Piet Wetjoen

Moran
Lieb


A black comedy about a man impersonating a spy in the midst of World War I.

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