Peoria Babylon
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| Peoria Babylon | |
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| Directed by | Steven Diller |
| Written by | Steven Diller |
| Produced by | Michael Caplan |
| Starring | David Drake Ann Cusack The Lady Bunny Matthew Pestorius Paul Adelstein Marilyn Pittman Deane Clark |
| Cinematography | Erick Bergstrom |
| Edited by | Erick Bergstrom |
| Music by | Bradley Parker Sparrow Joanie Pallatto |
| Distributed by | Culture Q Connection |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Peoria Babylon is a 1997 American comedy directed by Steven Diller. It premiered at the Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival in November 1997.[1] The cast features David Drake and Ann Cusack.[2]
Candy and her gay friend Jon are owners of a financially troubled art gallery in Peoria, Illinois. After exhausting their savings, they concoct a devious scheme in order to save the gallery in this screwball comedy.
They team up with a hunky con artist, the mob and a lesbian porn queen, but at the end little is left standing but their friendship.
Cast
- David Drake as Jon Ashe
- Ann Cusack as Candy Dineen
- Matthew Pestorius as Matthew Perretti
- Paul Adelstein as Brad Kessler
- The Lady Bunny as Octavia DiMare
- Marilyn Pittman as Doris Kessler
- Dan Turek as Bill
- Deane Clark as Raul Kessler
- Michael Hagedorn as Ted Jamison
- William McGough as Detective Dillon
- Andrew Carrillo as Cop
- Anna Markin as Tina Rotblatt
- David Gould as Stanley
- Tom Ciappa as Private Dick
- William Graham Cole as Swensen
- Helen Caro as Adele
- Kel Mitchell as Beave
- Jeff Kenny as Willie
- Sam Perry as Minister
- Hank Donat as Poet
- Nikki Lewis as Sandy
- Lou Wynhoff as Museum Guard
- Ted Lyde as Wayne
- Wendy Lucker as Reporter
- Tom Holycross as Cop #2
- Dan Callahan as Drag Queen
- M.J. Loheed as German Tourist
- Aja as Drag Queen #2
- Tom Phisella as Hick Man
- Rita Symons as Hick Woman
- Phyllis Diller as Painting Owner
- Lora Adams as Angry Art Patron
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