The Oscar
“The breath-taking race for Hollywood's highest award!”
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.
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Cast
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Stephen Boyd
Frank Fane
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Elke Sommer
Kay Bergdahl
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Milton Berle
Kappy Kapstetter
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Sophie Cantaro
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Joseph Cotten
Kenneth Regan
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Tony Bennett
Hymie Kelly
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Jill St. John
Laurel Scott
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Barney Yale
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Edie Adams
Trina Yale
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Broderick Crawford
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Russell Rouse Director · Harlan Ellison Screenplay Clarence Greene Screenplay
United States release March 4, 1966 · Produced in United States · Production Embassy Pictures Corporation
Production
Paramount Pictures
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Embassy Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 4, 1966
Theatrical
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