Fame Is the Name of the Game

November. 26,1966      
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.

Anthony Franciosa as  Jeff Dillon
Jill St. John as  Leona Purdy
Jack Klugman as  Ben Welcome
George Macready as  Glenn Howard
Jack Weston as  Griffin
Susan Saint James as  Peggy Maxwell
Lee Bowman as  Cruikshank
Melodie Johnson as  Belle
Robert Duvall as  Eddie Franchot
Nanette Fabray as  Pat

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Reviews

Marketic
1966/11/26

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

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Invaderbank
1966/11/27

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Mathilde the Guild
1966/11/28

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Bob
1966/11/29

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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ellenirishellen-62962
1966/11/30

This IS a very hard to find movie,found it on a DVR tape.Good movie,the pilot of a sort for TV series Name Of The Game,this one has George Macready in the soon to be Gene Barry role as publisher to Tony Franciosa.Would've been interesting if Macready was returning for the series,he still seemed healthier here,wwhereas he became quite ill the following year during Peyton Place late summer 1967.Many great character actors in this investigation of a call girl's death.

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GUENOT PHILIPPE
1966/12/01

Tony Franciosa plays here in HARPER - Paul Newman - mode in this solid TV detective yarn. Typical of the sixties, with the jazzy sweet atmosphere. Don't get a headache to fully understand the story, as many private eyes tales. Focus instead on performances and - I know I repeat - the atmosphere. Looks like a CHICAGO DEADLINE remake, with so many supporting but all known actors with the likes of Jay C Flippen, George MacReady, Nicolas Colosanto, Robert Duvall...I am surprised that no one has commented it yet. Maybe it is hard to find. actually Tony Franciosa is a reporter here, instead a gumshoe, but what's the difference?One good Stuart Rosenberg early piece of work. Good performances and good cast too.

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