The Dream Merchants

May 12, 1980 (en) Drama [120] Min
  • First Air Date
    May 12, 1980
  • Production
    Operation Prime Time (OPT), Columbia Pictures Television
  • Rotten tomato
    45%
  • Original title
    The Dream Merchants
  • Release
    May 12, 1980
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Hugh Benson

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Mark Harmon

    Johnny Edge

  2. Vincent Gardenia

    Peter Kessler

  3. Morgan Fairchild

    Dulcie Warren

  4. Brianne Leary

    Doris Kessler

  5. Robert Picardo

    Mark Kessler

  6. Eve Arden

    Coralee

  7. Kaye Ballard

    Esther Kessler

  8. Morgan Brittany

    Astrid James

  9. Red Buttons

    Bruce Benson

  10. Robert Culp

    Henry Farnum

  11. Howard Duff

    Charles Slade

  12. José Ferrer

    George Pappas

  13. Robert Goulet

    Craig Warren

  14. David Groh

    Rocco Salvatore

  15. Carolyn Jones

    Vera

  16. Fernando Lamas

    Conrad Stillman

  17. Ray Milland

    Lawrence Radford

  18. Jan Murray

    Murray Tucker

  19. Chris Robinson

    Zack Larsen

  20. Don Barry

    Capt. Casey

  21. Lola Mason

    Harriet Farnum

  22. George Petrie

    Fraser

  23. Seth Wagerman

    Bobby Edge

  24. Lauren White

    Thelma Benson

  25. Ray Young

    Hansen

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 25 / Crews : 16

Season 1 ( 1980-05-12)

Episode 1

Episode: 1

Episode 2

Episode: 2

Episode 3

Episode: 3
May 12, 1980 (en)
Drama
[120] Min
  • First Air Date May 12, 1980
  • Production
    Operation Prime Time (OPT), Columbia Pictures Television
  • Rotten tomato 45%
Original Title The Dream Merchants
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Hugh Benson

    Producer