The Oscar

Stars Stephen Boyd as an unscrupulous, ambitious, talented and amoral movie star who has been nominated for the Oscar, stopping at nothing in his drive to win the coveted statuette. Includes a cast of star performers portraying the men and women so callously manipulated by him in his climb to stardom.

Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar. Fane is an unprincipled heel, hurting others and causing them to recoil from him. At his low ebb, he unexpectedly receives an Oscar nomination, which he believes is the result of Fane's portrayal of a "man without morals"

Credits

Rouse, Russell.
Ellison, Harlan.
Boyd, Stephen.
Sommer, Elke.
Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994.
Bennett, Tony, 1947-
Berle, Milton.
St. John, Jill.
Borgnine, Ernest.
Cast
Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Berle, Edie Adams
Complete catalog record
Stars Stephen Boyd as an unscrupulous, ambitious, talented and amoral movie star who has been nominated for the Oscar, stopping at nothing in his drive to win the coveted statuette. Includes a cast of star performers portraying the men and women so callously manipulated by him in his climb to stardom.

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, creator, format, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
  3. Wikidata · Q426293 ↗ — country