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Cast

Larry Blyden

Larry Blyden

Sammy Glick

John Forsythe

John Forsythe

Al Manheim

Barbara Rush

Barbara Rush

Kit Sargent

Dina Merrill

Dina Merrill

Laurette Harrington

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

H.L. Harrington

Norman Fell

Norman Fell

Sammy's Brother

Jay Lawrence

Jay Lawrence

Sheik Romero

Horace McMahon

Horace McMahon

Mike Crowley

Nelson Olmsted

Nelson Olmsted

Ben Osborne

David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

Sidney Fineman

William Post Jr.

William Post Jr.

Lucky Westover

Milton Selzer

Milton Selzer

Julian Blumberg

Monique van Vooren

Monique van Vooren

Zizi Molnari

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson

Crew

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Writer

Robert Alan Aurthur

Robert Alan Aurthur

Executive Producer

Noel Taylor

Noel Taylor

Costume Design

Delbert Mann

Delbert Mann

Producer

Edith Hamlin

Edith Hamlin

Casting

Delbert Mann

Delbert Mann

Director

Irwin Bazelon

Irwin Bazelon

Music

Otis Riggs

Otis Riggs

Production Design

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Novel

Stuart Schulberg

Stuart Schulberg

Writer

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What Makes Sammy Run?

19597.0 / 10104 min
TV Movie

Overview

An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two parts and aired on NBC's Sunday Showcase.