The Dream Merchants

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.

• Chester KrumholzWriter
• Richard De RoyWriter

• Mark HarmonJohnny Edge
• Vincent GardeniaPeter Kessler
• Morgan FairchildDulcie Warren
• Brianne LearyDoris Kessler
• Robert PicardoMark Kessler
• Eve ArdenCoralee
• Kaye BallardEsther Kessler
• Morgan BrittanyAstrid James
• Red ButtonsBruce Benson
• Robert CulpHenry Farnum
• Howard DuffCharles Slade
• José FerrerGeorge Pappas