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  • The Oscar (1966)
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    119 min | Drama
The Oscar (1966)
Approved
119 min | Drama

Arrogant Hollywood actor Frankie Fane is nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award. His friend Hymie Kelly recalls their life together, Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top, and the people Frankie has used and abused to get there.
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Director
Writers
Richard Sale (novel) | Harlan Ellison (screenplay) | Russell Rouse (screenplay) | Clarence Greene (screenplay)
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Release date
Mar 4, 1966 (United States)

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133 cast members
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Stephen Boyd
Frank Fane Frank Fane   See fewer
Elke Sommer
Kay Bergdahl Kay Bergdahl   See fewer
Milton Berle
Kappy Kapstetter Kappy Kapstetter   See fewer
Eleanor Parker
Sophie Cantaro Sophie Cantaro   See fewer
Joseph Cotten
Kenneth Regan Kenneth Regan   See fewer
Jill St. John
Laurel Scott Laurel Scott   See fewer
Tony Bennett
Hymie Kelly Hymie Kelly   See fewer
Edie Adams
Trina Yale Trina Yale   See fewer
Ernest Borgnine
Barney Yale Barney Yale   See fewer
Ed Begley
Grobard Grobard   See fewer
Walter Brennan
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James Dunn
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Edith Head
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Hedda Hopper
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Peter Lawford
Steve Marks Steve Marks   See fewer
Merle Oberon
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Nancy Sinatra
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Jean Hale
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Eddie Ryder
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Chris Alcaide
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John Holland
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Jean Bartel
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Susan Alcott
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Army Archerd
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Robert Austin
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James Bacon
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Bill Baldwin
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Larry Barton
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Nick Borgani
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Paul Bradley
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Thordis Brandt
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Jeff Brown
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George Bruggeman
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Tracy Butler
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George Calliga
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Rosalee Calvert
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Steve Carruthers
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Jerry Catron
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Arlene Charles
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Charles Cirillo
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Cordy Clark
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Norma Clarke
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Joan Crawford
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Dennis Cross
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Phyllis Davis
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Moki de Marco
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Igor Dega
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Douglas Evans
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Jack Fife
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Duke Fishman
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Harry Fleer
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Anitra Ford
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Ross Ford
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Leona Gage
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Pam Gail
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Chance Gentry
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Rudy Germane
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Marina Ghane
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Dessica Giles
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George Golden
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Marianne Gordon
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Johnny Grant
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Sonya Harrison
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Lynn Hartoch
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Ed Haskett
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Rex Holman
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George Holmes
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Bob Hope
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Jimmie Horan
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William Hudson
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Tom Irish
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Jerry James
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Michael Jeffers
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Suzie Kaye
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Colin Kenny
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Linda Kirk
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Dick Kleiner
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Joseph La Cava
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Todd Lasswell
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Anna Lavele
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Louise Lawson
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Esther Ying Lee
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Grace Lee
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Ethelreda Leopold
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Nancy Lewis
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Jo Anne Loren
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Deanna Lund
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Maurice Manson
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Jan Merlin
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Hans Moebus
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Ernesto Molinari
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Dale Monroe
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Tom Moroney
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Sol Murgi
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Karen Norris
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Robert Osterloh
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Hal Pereira
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Helen Perry
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Murray Pollack
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Norma Quine
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Beverly Ralston
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Neil Rau
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Walter Reed
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Tony Regan
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Pamela Rodgers
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Clark Ross
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Hugh Sanders
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Cosmo Sardo
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Sondra Scott
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Frank Sinatra
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Carl Sklover
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Rikki Stevens
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Robert Terry
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