NBC Sunday Showcase
Directed by Delbert Mann
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Koch Vision)
Predictable story of backstabbing Hollywood writers who sacrifice their craft, and often their ethics, for profit. John Forsythe represents a writer with a conscience, he still believes in theater and plays, but is persuaded to go to Hollywood after seeing the success of his young copy boy. The two of them often bicker about not only screenplays, but women, since they are both in love with writer Barbara Rush. What starts out as a promising expose on the corrupt Hollywood system becomes nothing more than a long-winded melodrama by the second half. The "live TV" production contributes to the look and feel of a TV soap opera.
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