What Makes Sammy Run?

What Makes Sammy Run?

104 mins | TV Movie | Sept. 27, 1959

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.

What Makes Sammy Run?

104 mins | TV Movie | Sept. 27, 1959

What Makes Sammy Run?
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.
Producers NBC
Original title What Makes Sammy Run?
Directors Delbert Mann
Writers Stuart Schulberg, Budd Schulberg

Cast

Larry Blyden

as Sammy Glick

John Forsythe

as Al Manheim

Barbara Rush

as Kit Sargent

Dina Merrill

as Laurette Harrington

Sidney Blackmer

as H.L. Harrington

Norman Fell

as Sammy's Brother

Jay Lawrence

as Sheik Romero

Horace McMahon

as Mike Crowley

Nelson Olmsted

as Ben Osborne

David Opatoshu

as Sidney Fineman

William Post Jr.

as Lucky Westover

Milton Selzer

as Julian Blumberg

Monique van Vooren

as Zizi Molnari

Earl Wilson

as Earl Wilson