The Oscar (1966)
1h 59m
Running Time
March 4, 1966Release Date
The Oscar (1966)
1h 59m
Running Time
March 4, 1966Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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
Broderick Crawford
Sheriff
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Yale
Walter Brennan
Quentin
Ed Begley
Grobard
Russell Rouse
Director
Jack Soo
Sam
Richard Sale
Writer
Harlan Ellison
Writer
Peter Lawford
Steve Marks
Jean Hale
Cheryl Barker
Clarence Greene
Writer
James Dunn
TV executive
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Percy Faith
Composer
Edith Head
Edith Head
Joseph Ruttenberg
Cinematographer
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The Oscar is a 1966 American drama film directed by Russell Rouse and starring Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Edie Adams and Ernest Borgnine.The Oscar features several real Oscar winners in its cast and crew: along with Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for The Oscar), the film features Best Actor winners Borgnine and Broderick Crawford; Best Supporting Actor winners Ed Begley, Walter Brennan (three wins), Frank Sinatra, and James Dunn; and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg. Also in the cast were Merle Oberon and Eleanor Parker, who had been nominated for Oscars but did not win.