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Director:
Writers:
Judith Krantz (novel)
James Lee (writer)
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Release Date:
25 February 1980 (USA) more
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Plot:
The soap-operatic story follows the fortunes of three ambitious youngish people: Billy, secretary and then wife to an older zillionaire... more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Writer/Producer Krantz Dies
 (From WENN. 16 January 2007)

Psycho Star's Wife On Board Terror Plane
 (From WENN. 13 September 2001)

User Comments:
More cheese than at a Kraft factory more (5 total)

Cast

  (Series Cast overview, first billed only)

Lindsay Wagner ... Billy Ikehorn
Barry Bostwick ... Spider Elliott
Marie-France Pisier ... Valentine O'Neill

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ... Ellis Ikehorn
Connie Stevens ... Maggie McGregor

Nick Mancuso ... Vito Orsini
Robert Reed ... Josh Hillman

Gene Tierney ... Harriet Toppingham
Louise Latham ... Mary Ann Evans
Genevieve ... Lilianne de Vertdulac
Michael Callan ... Alan Wilton

Gary Graham ... Jake Cassidy
Sarah Marshall ... Susan Arvey
Milton Selzer ... Sid Amos
Paul Carr ... Pat O'Byrnne
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:279 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Last film project for Gene Tierney. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Scruples (1981) (TV) more

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5 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
More cheese than at a Kraft factory, 4 June 2003
Author: gonnabechef from Minneapolis, MN

This movie is truly, truly awful at times - but has flashes of brilliance.

On the plus side, Barry Bostwick's performance is, more often than not, fun to watch. There are scenes that are so well written, you'll swear the production team included a competent (and, sadly, part-time) script doctor. You can also laugh heartily at the incredibly earnest way in which the characters continually fall in love at the drop of a hat.

On the not-so-good side: The first African-American actor shows up after about an hour and a half, and he's a waiter serving drinks at a party. Ouch. Also, this film has the dubious distinction of containing the worst car chase I have ever seen.

When the writing is good, it's pretty good; when it's bad, it's amazingly bad. Scruples is amazingly bad about 90% of the time. The American Dairy Association would save a fortune if it could harness the power of this much cheese.

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