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The Dream Merchants (1980)
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.
Bruce Benson
Johnny Edge
Charles Slade
Zack Larsen
Vera
Lawrence Radford
Craig Warren
Rocco Salvatore
Dulcie Warren
Esther Kessler
Murray Tucker
Peter Kessler
Doris Kessler
Mark Kessler
Coralee
Astrid James
Henry Farnum
George Pappas
Conrad Stillman
Capt. Casey
Fraser
Thelma Benson
Capt. Casey
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