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What Makes Sammy Run?

Release Year
1959
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
TV Movie
Directed By
Delbert Mann
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.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Larry Blyden

Sammy Glick

John Forsythe

Al Manheim

Barbara Rush

Kit Sargent

Dina Merrill

Laurette Harrington

Sidney Blackmer

H.L. Harrington

Norman Fell

Sammy's Brother

Jay Lawrence

Sheik Romero

Horace McMahon

Mike Crowley

David Opatoshu

Sidney Fineman

William Post Jr.

Lucky Westover

Milton Selzer

Julian Blumberg

Monique van Vooren

Zizi Molnari

Crew

Delbert Mann

Director

Otis Riggs

Production Design

Noel Taylor

Costume Design

Delbert Mann

Producer

Budd Schulberg

Novel

Budd Schulberg

Writer

Stuart Schulberg

Writer

Irwin Bazelon

Music

Robert Alan Aurthur

Executive Producer

Edith Hamlin

Casting

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