He has a Dutch pastry chef, a German refugee headwaiter, and a bartender from the Soviet Union.

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The entire supporting cast is period-perfect in their roles, including Karen Ziemba as good-hearted bar owner Gail, and James Prendergast as Dad Malone, Addie's kindly tenant who's also the bar's headwaiter.

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