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Quiz Show (1994)  link to Quiz Show on IMDb  

Number: 1120

poster Quiz Show

IMDb Rating:
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7.5/10 (57315 votes)

Country: USA, 133 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Director(s): Irving Cummings

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story.

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Cast:

photo John Turturro John Turturro Herbie Stempel
photo Rob Morrow Rob Morrow Dick Goodwin
photo Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Charles Van Doren
photo Paul Scofield Paul Scofield Mark Van Doren
photo David Paymer David Paymer Dan Enright

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\Quiz Show\Quiz Show.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1