The Oscar

Mar 4, 1966

1h 59m

★ 4.8

The breath-taking race for Hollywood's highest award!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Embassy Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Frank Fane

Stephen Boyd

Kay Bergdahl

Elke Sommer

Kappy Kapstetter

Milton Berle

Sophie Cantaro

Eleanor Parker

Kenneth Regan

Joseph Cotten

Hymie Kelly

Tony Bennett

Laurel Scott

Jill St. John

Barney Yale

Ernest Borgnine

Trina Yale

Edie Adams

Sheriff

Broderick Crawford

Quentin

Walter Brennan

Grosbard

Ed Begley

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