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The Dream Merchants

Original title: The Dream Merchants

Year

1980

Rating

★ 5.7/10

Runtime

120 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Dram

This star-laden adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-selling 1949 novel about the birth of the movies features Mark Harmon as a drifter who comes under the wing of visionary nickelodeon operator Vincent Gardenia and goes on to become a pioneer in the incipient film business, facing the good times and the bad over a 20-year period.

Cast: Mark Harmon, Vincent Gardenia, Morgan Fairchild, Brianne Leary, Robert Picardo, Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Morgan Brittany