Regie:
Joseph AnthonyCamera:
Joseph LaShelleMuziek:
Franz WaxmanActeurs:
Dean Martin, Anthony Franciosa, Shirley MacLaine, Carolyn Jones, Joan Blackman, Robert Middleton, Donna Douglas, Jerry Paris, Frank McHugh, Mary Treen (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this backroom show-business-success saga, Anthony Franciosa plays Sam, a struggling young actor who will forsake his family and take any type of menial job in order to become a Broadway star. Dean Martin is on hand as Maury, an aspiring director also trying to claw his way up the ladder of success. When Maury gets his big break, Sam wants a part in his show, but when Maury, who is unwilling to cast Sam in the production, turns down Sam's request, Sam seduces and marries Maury's girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine). In spite of everything, Maury wants his girl back, and Sam agrees to a divorce on the stipulation that Maury cast him as the star in his next show. Once again, Maury reneges and, before Sam can exact his revenge, Uncle Sam comes to the rescue and he is drafted into the army. While Sam is in the army, the era of the communist witch hunts are in full flower, and since Sam and Maury were both members of the Communist Party, upon Sam's return home he discovers that they both are blacklisted. Their passion for success still burning bright, they decide to collaborate and put together an independent production that will either mark their complete success or their complete failure. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Dean Martin
USA
Beste films:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Airport (1970)
The Young Lions (1958)
Anthony Franciosa
USA
Beste films:
The Name of the Game (1968) (serie)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Beste films:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
Carolyn Jones
USA
Beste films:
Roots (1977) (serie)
The Big Heat (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Joan Blackman
USA
Beste films:
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Huivering (1975)
Het land van het geweld (1959)
Robert Middleton
USA
Beste films:
Het salvo der dapperen (1956)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Court Jester (1955)
Donna Douglas
USA
Beste films:
Lover Come Back (1961)
Frankie and Johnny (1966)
Jerry Paris
USA
Beste films:
Marty (1955)
De slag om Bastogne (1949)
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
Frank McHugh
USA
Beste films:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Dodge City (1939)
Mary Treen
USA
Beste films:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
June Jocelyn
Canada
Beste films:
Vertigo (1958)
De tien Geboden (1956)
The Buccaneer (1958)
Roy Jenson
Canada
Beste films:
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Sam Harris
Australië
Beste films:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Bobby Barber
USA
Beste films:
Modern Times (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Nolan Leary
Beste films:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
George DeNormand
USA
Beste films:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Beste films:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
John Indrisano
USA
Beste films:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Fred Aldrich
USA
Beste films:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Gemerkt door de haat (1956)
Marjorie Bennett
Australië
Beste films:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)