The Oscar (1966)
The breath-taking race for Hollywood's highest award!
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 59M
Director : Russell Rouse
Writer : Harlan Ellison, Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene
Synopsis
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.
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