"He was young and crude, some kind of country-boy joke, but a woman could feel him across a room."

1964

2h 17m

6.1(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.

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78 members

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James Franciscus

Youngblood Hawke

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Suzanne Pleshette

Jeanne Green

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Geneviève Page

Frieda Winter

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Eva Gabor

Fannie Prince

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Mary Astor

Irene Perry

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Lee Bowman

Jason Prince

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Edward Andrews

Quentin Judd

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Don Porter

Ferdie Lax

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Mildred Dunnock

Mrs. Sarah Hawke

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Kent Smith

Paul Winter Sr.

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John Dehner

Scotty Hawke

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John Emery

Georges Peydal

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Mark Miller

Ross Hodge

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Hayden Rorke

Mr. Givney

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Werner Klemperer

Mr. Leffer

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Berry Kroeger

Jock Maas

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Rusty Lane

Gus Adam

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Robert Aiken

Howard Fain (uncredited)

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John Alban

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Leon Alton

Man With Newspapers (uncredited)

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Frank Baxter

Book Critic on TV (uncredited)

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Brandon Beach

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Herman Belmonte

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Oscar Beregi Jr.

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George Blagoi

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George Boyce

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Pat Cardi

Paul Winter Jr. (uncredited)

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Dee Carroll

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Beulah Christian

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Booth Colman

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Sheila Condit

Charlotte Winter (uncredited)

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Joe Connors

Bartender (uncredited)

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Pearl S. Cooper

Mrs. Murphy (uncredited)

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Paul Cristo

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John Daheim

Drunken New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited)

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Sayre Dearing

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George DeNormand

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Alphonso DuBois

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Fritz Ford

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George Ford

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Jeanne Gerson

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Bobby Gilbert

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James Gonzalez

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Herschel Graham

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Stuart Hall

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Vinton Hayworth

Urban Webber (uncredited)

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Karl Held

Nephew (uncredited)

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George Holmes

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Stuart Holmes

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Shep Houghton

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Joseph La Cava

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Mike Lally

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Paul Langton

Glenn Hawke (uncredited)

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Mary Lawrence

Mrs. Givney (uncredited)

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King Lockwood

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Jon Lormer

Dr. Eversill (uncredited)

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Alan Marston

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Hans Moebus

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Sol Murgi

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George Nardelli

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Murray Pollack

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José Portugal

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Paul Power

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Diane Quinn

Emily Winter (uncredited)

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Anthony Redondo

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Tony Regan

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Waclaw Rekwart

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Leoda Richards

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Mark Russell

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Cosmo Sardo

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Diane Sayer

Ferdie's Date (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

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Bill Scully

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Bert Stevens

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Tim Taylor

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Robert Totten

Loading Man (uncredited)

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Gisele Verlaine

French Maid (uncredited)

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Judith Woodbury

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