Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966)
- Director(s):
- Stuart Rosenberg
Synopsis of Fame Is the Name of the Game
Originally telecast November 26, 1966, Fame is the Name of the Game was the first official entry in NBC-TV "Project 120" series of made-for-TV movies (after two false starts in 1964). Tony Franciosa plays a magazine writer investigating the suicide of a beautiful girl. He uses the girl's address book as a key to piecing together the mystery of her self-destruction--and in so doing discovers that she'd actually been murdered. Advertised as an "original" for television, Fame is the Name of the Game was actually a remake of the 1949 Alan Ladd melodrama Chicago Deadline, right down to the identity of the mystery killer. Jill St. John and Jack Klugman co-star, with Jack Weston, Robert Duvall, Nanette Fabray and Jay C. Flippen popping up in supporting roles. This film served as the pilot for the 1968-71 TV series Name of the Game, with cast members Tony Franciosa and Susan St. James retained for the series proper. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Fame Is the Name of the Game
- Jack Weston - Griffin
- Nicholas Colasanto - Detective
- Jay C. Flippen - Dizzy
- John Francis
- Ena Hartman - Marcia Davenport
- Melodie Johnson - Belle
- George Macready - Glenn Howard
- Jill St. John - Leona
- Lee Bowman - Cruikshank
- Nanette Fabray - Pat
- Anthony Franciosa - Jeff Dillon
- George Furth
- John Hoyt - Larkin
- Jack Klugman - Ben Welcome
- Susan Saint James - Peggy Maxwell
- Robert Duvall - Eddie
- Director(s):
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Writer(s):
- Ranald MacDougall
- Producer(s):
- Ranald MacDougall
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