Directed by:
Russell RouseCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
Percy FaithCast:
Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bancroft, Edie Adams, Ernest Borgnine, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan (more)Plots(1)
Frankie Fane (Stephen Boyd) has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he’s preparing to win his first Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Tony Bennett) reminisces about their life together, his ruthless struggle to the top and the people (see above) he’s stepped on to make it there. (Kino Lorber)
Cast
Stephen Boyd
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The Bravados (1958)
Elke Sommer
German Empire
Best movies:
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
Milton Berle
USA
Best movies:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Eleanor Parker
USA
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Caged (1950)
Detective Story (1951)
Joseph Cotten
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Third Man (1949)
Jill St. John
USA
Best movies:
The Player (1992)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Sitting Target (1972)
Tony Bancroft
USA
Best movies:
Animal Crackers (2017)
Edie Adams
USA
Best movies:
The Apartment (1960)
Up in Smoke (1978)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Ernest Borgnine
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Ed Begley
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Walter Brennan
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Fury (1936)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Broderick Crawford
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Scandal Sheet (1952)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
James Dunn
USA
Best movies:
Hedda Hopper
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Midnight (1939)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Peter Lawford
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Easter Parade (1948)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Merle Oberon
India
Best movies:
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
These Three (1936)
Jack Soo
USA
Best movies:
Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Anitra Ford
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Mean Machine (1974)
Deep Swamp (1973)
Bob Hope
UK
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Frank Sinatra
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)