

Career 1959
Overview
Playwright James Lee adapted his off-Broadway play for the screen in this high-strung adaptation, directed by Joseph Anthony. In this simplistic, backroom show-business-success saga, Anthony Franciosa plays Sam, a struggling young actor who will forsake his family and take any type of menial job in order to become a Broadway star. Dean Martin is on hand as Maury, an aspiring director also trying to claw his way up the ladder of success. When Maury gets his big break, Sam wants a part in his show
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast

Dean Martin
Maurice 'Maury' Novak

Anthony Franciosa
Sam Lawson

Shirley MacLaine
Sharon Kensington

Carolyn Jones
Shirley Drake

Joan Blackman
Barbara Lawson Helmsley

Robert Middleton
Robert Kensington

Donna Douglas
Marjorie Burke

Jerry Paris
Allan Burke

Frank McHugh
Charlie Gallagher
Chuck Wassil
Eric Peters




