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5.7

Staying Alive

PG·1983·96m

Drama

Music

Drama

Music

Summary

It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Cast

John Travolta

Tony Manero

Cynthia Rhodes

Jackie

Finola Hughes

Laura

Steve Inwood

Jesse

Julie Bovasso

Mrs. Manero

Charles Ward

Butler

Steve Bickford

Sound Technician

Patrick Brady

Derelict

Norma Donaldson

Fatima

Jesse Doran

Mark

Joyce Hyser

Linda

Deborah Jenssen

Margaret

Robert Martini

Fred

Sarah M. Miles

Joy

Tony Munafo

Doorman

Susan Olar

Model

Cindy Perlman

Cathy

Ross St. Phillip

Sound Man

Kurtwood Smith

Choreographer

Frank Stallone Jr.

Carl

Nell Alano

Dancer

Randy Allaire

Dancer

Audrey K. Baranishyn

Dancer

Paula Beyers

Dancer

Melita Brock-Warner

Dancer

Karen Bryson

Dancer

Bill Burns

Dancer

David Chavez

Dancer

Dennis Daniels

Dancer

Trac DiPonzio

Dancer

LaLanya Fair

Dancer

Forrest Gardner

Dancer

Rhonda Hairston

Dancer

Nanci L. Hammond

Dancer

Michael Higgins

Dancer

Michelle Johnston

Dancer

Janet Jones

Dancer

Rochelle G. Jones

Dancer

Erica Jordan

Dancer

James Ko

Dancer

Reggie Leon

Dancer

Ben Lokey

Dancer

Lee Anne Loomis

Dancer

Daniel Lorenzo

Dancer

Viktor Manoel

Dancer

Valerie-Jean Miller

Dancer

Anita Morales

Dancer

Frances Morgan

Dancer

Kevyn Morrow

Dancer

Reggie O'Gwin

Dancer

Polly O'Malley

Dancer

Francine O'Neill

Dancer

Smith Osbourne

Dancer

Carolyn Poppert

Dancer

Mark Reina

Dancer

Michael Rooney

Dancer

Kathy Shippen

Dancer

Karin Smith

Dancer

Rick Sullivant

Dancer

Nanette Tarpey

Dancer

Jim Thompson

Dancer

Peter Tramm

Dancer

Marvin Tunney

Dancer

Kate Wright

Dancer

Derryl Yeager

Dancer

Sylvester Stallone

Man on Street (uncredited)

David Daniel

Dancer (uncredited)

Harris-Metter Flame

Dancer (uncredited)

Richard Herrey

Dancer (uncredited)

Simmy Bow

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Rona Edwards

Agent (uncredited)

Helen Kelly

Girl at the Theater (uncredited)

Michael Mallory

First Nighter (uncredited)

Danny Nero

Audience Member (uncredited)

Stan Rodarte

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Richie Sambora

Music Club Band Guitarist (uncredited)

Stewart Strauss

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Sylvester Stallone

Characters

Nik Cohn

Screenplay

Norman Wexler

Reviews

Geronimo1967

September 3, 2022

Well I suppose it has the song.... Otherwise, this is a really poor and tawdry sequel to "Saturday Night Fever" that took six years to come to fruition. Quite why anyone but the accountant thought this was a good idea is anyone's guess - but John Travolta reprises his role as "Tony", this time trying to make it onto the Broadway stage. He's a changed man - he holds off on the booze, speaks poshly - hell, he even swears less. To be fair to director Sylvester Stallone, he does try to be innovative with his dance coverage - and the famous Travolta strut has lost none of it's hip-swinging rhythm, but the dialogue is dreadful and the characterisations really hemmed in by some shockingly poor acting - not least from the wooden Finola Hughes as the stroppy and petulant "Laura" and Cynthia Rhodes fares no better as "Jackie". The title track from the Bee Gees is the only really memorable song on a card that is busy, and oddly enough does work ok with the pace of this film - it's all just, well, rotten. The first film was not great, this makes it look outstanding.