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The Dream Merchants

The Dream Merchants (1980)

TV show · Ended · 120 min · ★ 5.7

Drama

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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.

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Mark HarmonMark HarmonJohnny EdgeVincent GardeniaVincent GardeniaPeter KesslerMorgan FairchildMorgan FairchildDulcie WarrenBrianne LearyBrianne LearyDoris KesslerRobert PicardoRobert PicardoMark KesslerEve ArdenEve ArdenCoraleeKaye BallardKaye BallardEsther KesslerMorgan BrittanyMorgan BrittanyAstrid JamesRed ButtonsRed ButtonsBruce BensonRobert CulpRobert CulpHenry FarnumHoward DuffHoward DuffCharles SladeJosé FerrerJosé FerrerGeorge PappasRobert GouletRobert GouletCraig WarrenDavid GrohDavid GrohRocco SalvatoreCarolyn JonesCarolyn JonesVera

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