The Day the Bubble Burst

Feb 7, 1982

3h 0m

★ 2.0

Overview

A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Tamara Productions

20th Century Fox Television

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Cast

Richard Whitney

Robert Vaughn

Jesse Livermore

Richard Crenna

Gregory Winslow

Robert Hays

Barbara Arvey

Rue McClanahan

Jolan Slezsak

Blanche Baker

Herbert Hoover

Franklin Cover

Mr. Block

Dana Elcar

Evangeline Adams

Audra Lindley

Mr. Goldberger

Bill Macy

Dorothy Livermore

Caroline McWilliams

Gloria Block

Donna Pescow

Frances Pierce

Laurette Spang

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