After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Marlon Brando
as Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

Matthew Broderick
as Clark Kellogg

Bruno Kirby
as Victor Ray

Penelope Ann Miller
as Tina Sabatini

Frank Whaley
as Steve Bushak

Jon Polito
as Chuck Greenwald

Kenneth Welsh
as Dwight Armstrong

Richard Gant
as Lloyd Simpson

Jefferson Mappin
as Hunter

Maximilian Schell
as Larry London
John Chard
Fresh or Ripe? The Freshman is a sort of comedy drama sprinkled with self aware barbs at film analysis. It’s a great opportunity to see Marlon Brando relaxed and fully playing up the self-parody angle. Plot finds Matthew Broderick as Clark Kellog, a film student arriving in New York who through u...