The Dream Merchants (1980)
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.
Drama
Cast
- Mark Harmon — Johnny Edge
- Vincent Gardenia — Peter Kessler
- Morgan Fairchild — Dulcie Warren
- Brianne Leary — Doris Kessler
- Robert Picardo — Mark Kessler
- Eve Arden — Coralee
- Kaye Ballard — Esther Kessler
- Morgan Brittany — Astrid James
- Red Buttons — Bruce Benson
- Robert Culp — Henry Farnum
- Howard Duff — Charles Slade
- José Ferrer — George Pappas
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