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What Makes Sammy Run?
What Makes Sammy Run?
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What Makes Sammy Run?

1959
Directed byDelbert Mann
1h 44m

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.

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Larry BlydenSammy GlickJohn ForsytheAl ManheimBarbara RushKit Sargent
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Dina MerrillLaurette Harrington
Sidney BlackmerH.L. Harrington
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Nelson OlmstedBen Osborne
David OpatoshuSidney Fineman
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GENRES
TV Movie
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.0

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