The Day the Bubble Burst (TV 1982)

A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.

Director:

Joseph Hardy

Writers:

Stanley R. Greenberg, Gordon Thomas (book),

Stars:

Blanche Baker, Franklin Cover, Richard Crenna

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Blanche Baker	...	Jolan Slezsak
Franklin Cover	...	Herbert Hoover
Richard Crenna	...	Jesse Livermore
Dana Elcar	...	Mr. Block
Robert Hays	...	Gregory Winslow
Audra Lindley	...	Evangeline Adams
Bill Macy	...	Mr. Goldberger
Rue McClanahan	...	Barbara Arvey
Caroline McWilliams	...	Dorothy Livermore
Donna Pescow	...	Gloria Block
Laurette Spang	...	Frances Pierce
David Ogden Stiers	...	William Crapo Durant
Robert Vaughn	...	Richard Whitney
David Clennon
Nicolas Coster

Storyline

A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.

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Plot Keywords:

stock market crash | auto tycoon | embezzlement | bank | flint michigan | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 1982 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Tamara Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min 180 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Very interesting movie

It has been some time since I saw the movie, trying to find it somewhere... it gives a very good idea of how dirty a game can be played to the costs of many... It is a very interesting story, and brought to the public almost as if it were a documentary, how people were seduced to buy stocks, how the acquisition took place, and how the "big shots" decided to drop the market so the can benefit from it as much as the want: because of this "black day" on Wall Street the world was in a financial disaster that has influenced many around the world, and destroyed the small investor.

Anyway Richard Crenna in a part that suits him well. Especially that very mean: "he he" when he talks with so much disrespect about the "fools that bought stock" I do remember very well.... after more then 20 years!