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The Oscar

The breath-taking race for Hollywood's highest award!

1966 · 1h 59m · APPROVED Drama
Directed by Russell Rouse

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Overview

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the way to the top remembers when he is nominated for an Oscar and he runs a dirty campaign in an attempt to win.

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Rotten

This is the story of a vicious, bitter, firstclass heel who rises to stardom on the blood of those close to him. Without a single redeeming quality, part played by Stephen Boyd is unsympathetic virtually from opening shots.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

A piece of expensive claptrap, loaded with harrowing cliches.

Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten

Tacky Tinseltown soaper, logging the unscrupulous rise to stardom of an Academy-nominated actor in a succession of flashbacks, featuring numerous stellar walk-ons and dreadful dialogue.

Time Out

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