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Director:

Russell Rouse

Writers:

Richard Sale (novel)
Harlan Ellison (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

8 July 1966 (UK) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

This is the story of...The Dreamers and The Schemers...The Hustlers and The Hopefuls...The Free-loaders and The Phonies...The Fakers and The Famous...All Fighting for the Highest Possible Award!! more

Plot:

Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for Best actor at the Academy Awards. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. more

NewsDesk:
(14 articles)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Stephen Boyd ... Frank Fane
Elke Sommer ... Kay Bergdahl

Milton Berle ... Kappy Kapstetter
Eleanor Parker ... Sophie Cantaro
Joseph Cotten ... Kenneth Regan

Jill St. John ... Laurel Scott

Tony Bennett ... Hymie Kelly

Edie Adams ... Trina Yale

Ernest Borgnine ... Barney Yale

Ed Begley ... Grobard

Walter Brennan ... Orrin C. Quentin

Broderick Crawford ... Sheriff
James Dunn ... Network Executive
Edith Head ... Herself
Hedda Hopper ... Herself
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Additional Details

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Movies of All Time in Golden Raspberry Award Foundation founder John Wilson's book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The scene of Frankie getting hit in the head by Cheryl Barker doesn't match with the photo the newspapers later run. more

Quotes:

Hymie Kelly: [narrating] Frankie found himself married, but, uh, he still couldn't change his feelings about women. So his only avenue was escape. He employed the slimy services of the Hymie Kelly broad-procuring agency. I was running out of numbers! He used 'em like Kleenex! Once, and threw 'em away! more

Movie Connections:

References Sunset Blvd. (1950) more

Soundtrack:

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
"The Oscar", 12 February 2005
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Author: abcpc from Los Angeles

When oh WHEN, will whom ever owns the rights to this classic HOOT, ever release it on video (VHS/DVD)? I'd buy it in a NANU SECOND! It's got to be the funniest "Drama" ever! The fact that NOBODY involved in this movie noticed, at the time it was being filmed, how DREADFULLY BAD it was turning out is ASTOUNDING! I haven't even seen it on broadcast, cable or satellite TV lately. I wish I'd have taped it when it was running. Other MUST release films are, "Crack in the World", "The Great Bank Robbery" (Zero Mostel). Still waiting.....P.S. Maybe IMDb can have a page set up just for movie fans to LIST films that we think should be available to buy, then maybe studios could check it out and see how popular those films are and hasten their release!

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