The read
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes12%
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Russell RouseDirector
- Harlan EllisonScreenplay
- Russell RouseScreenplay
- Clarence GreeneScreenplay
- Percy FaithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
Stills
Themes
hollywoodmovie staraward