The Oscar

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.

• Russell RouseDirector
• Harlan EllisonScreenplay
• Russell RouseScreenplay
• Clarence GreeneScreenplay
• Percy FaithOriginal Music Composer

• Stephen BoydFrank Fane
• Elke SommerKay Bergdahl
• Milton BerleKappy Kapstetter
• Eleanor ParkerSophie Cantaro
• Joseph CottenKenneth Regan
• Tony BennettHymie Kelly
• Jill St. JohnLaurel Scott
• Ernest BorgnineBarney Yale
• Edie AdamsTrina Yale
• Broderick CrawfordSheriff
• Walter BrennanQuentin
• Ed BegleyGrosbard