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The Oscar

5.119661h 59mMovieDrama

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

DirectorRussell Rouse
WritersHarlan Ellison·Russell Rouse
ProducerClarence Greene

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Cast · Directed by Russell Rouse

SBStephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd
Frank Fane
ESElke Sommer
Elke Sommer
Kay Bergdahl
MBMilton Berle
Milton Berle
Kappy Kapstetter
EPEleanor Parker
Eleanor Parker
Sophie Cantaro
JCJoseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten
Kenneth Regan
TBTony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Hymie Kelly
JJJill St. John
Jill St. John
Laurel Scott
EBErnest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Yale
EAEdie Adams
Edie Adams
Trina Yale
BCBroderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford
Sheriff
WBWalter Brennan
Walter Brennan
Quentin
EBEd Begley
Ed Begley
Grosbard

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