The read
A Balasaur Score of 55 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 33%. Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. Number 2 of 2 in its series by score. It runs long at 2h 30m.
Synopsis
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
41 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward DmytrykDirector
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- John Michael HayesScreenplay
Cast
- George PeppardJonas Cord Junior
- Alan LaddNevada Smith
- Carroll BakerRina Marlowe Cord
- Robert CummingsDan Pierce
- Martha HyerJennie Denton
- Elizabeth AshleyMonica Winthrop
- Lew AyresMac McAllister
- Martin BalsamBernard B. Norman
- Ralph TaegerBuzz Dalton
- Archie MooreJedediah
- Leif EricksonJonas Cord Sr.
- Arthur FranzMorrissey
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Themes
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