Billionaire Boys Club (1987)

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Billionaire Boys Club is the two-part TV adaptation of a book by Sue Horton (unpublished at the time of the film's first telecast). In flashback form, the story recounts the murder of Beverly Hills con artist Ron Levin (Ron Silver). The culprit is yuppie Joe Hunt (Judd Nelson), a sharp young commodities trader who has organized an investment firm with several of his prep school buddies, known as the Billionaire Boys Club. Part one, originally telecast November 8, 1987, traces Hunt's meteoric rise to wealth and power, and the means by which Levin worms his way into Hunt's confidence. In part two, shown the next evening, Hunt has already murdered Levin and carefully disposed of the body. The next step of the scheme is take over where Levin left off by conning an Iranian millionaire out of a huge sum of money. Meanwhile, other members of the Club begin to have qualms over Hunt's finagling. Their whistle-blowing leads to Hunt's arrest and convinction for murder. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Judd Nelson, Ron Silver, (more)

Director(s):: Marvin J. Chomsky

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of Billionaire Boys Club

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 200 mins

Complete Cast of Billionaire Boys Club

Ron Silver - Ron Levin
Channing Chase - Realty Agent
Alan Fudge - Walter Thornwell
James Karen - Mr. Fairmount Sr.
Robert Krantz
S. John Launer - Judge
Ruth Manning - Levin's Mother
Joseph Medalis - First Detective
Ben Piazza - Mr. Cody
Raphael Sbarge
Stan Shaw
Milt Tarver - Ben McQueen
Richard Venture - Nelson Prescott
Dale Dye
John Miller - Steven Raleigh
Dan Chambers - SEC Agent
Robert Hallak
Richard Zavaglia - Sherman
Bebe Drake - Housekeeper

Director(s):: Marvin J. Chomsky

Writer(s):: Gy Waldron

Producer(s):: Ann Weston, Marcy Gross

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	Marti L.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Having seen the original telecast of this movie, I was excited to see it again but, unfortunately, it's unavailable. It's an outstanding film that tells the true story of Joe Hunt, a brilliant young man who was from the wrong side of the tracks. I've also read the book and this movie goes a little easy on the facts surrounding the death of the Iranian millionaire, who was the father of one of the members of the BBC. It was gruesome in real life, with the man being kidnapped and then thrown into a small trunk with holes punched in the top so he could breathe. When the man came to on the long drive back to L.A. he began screaming and begging for his life so they covered the holes so he would pass out. Once he was quiet they uncovered the holes but they did this one time too many and he eventually suffocated. If you can get your hands on the book, it's an unbelievable story. Most of the boys were already from well-to-do families including an heir to the Robinsons - May department stores.

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