
Film
What Makes Sammy Run?
1959 · 1h 44m · TV Movie
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Overview
An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two parts and aired on NBC's Sunday Showcase.
Cast

Larry Blyden
Sammy Glick

John Forsythe
Al Manheim

Barbara Rush
Kit Sargent

Dina Merrill
Laurette Harrington

Sidney Blackmer
H.L. Harrington

Norman Fell
Sammy's Brother
Jay Lawrence
Sheik Romero

Horace McMahon
Mike Crowley

Nelson Olmsted
Ben Osborne

David Opatoshu
Sidney Fineman

William Post Jr.
Lucky Westover

Milton Selzer
Julian Blumberg

Monique van Vooren
Zizi Molnari

Earl Wilson
Earl Wilson
Crew
- Delbert MannDirector · Producer
- Budd SchulbergWriter · Novel
- Stuart SchulbergWriter
- Robert Alan AurthurExecutive Producer
- Edith HamlinCasting
Details
- Release date
- September 27, 1959
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- TV Movie
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