Plot
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.
Cast
Mark Harmon
as Johnny Edge
Vincent Gardenia
as Peter Kessler
Morgan Fairchild
as Dulcie Warren
Brianne Leary
as Doris Kessler
Robert Picardo
as Mark Kessler
Eve Arden
as Coralee
Kaye Ballard
as Esther Kessler
Morgan Brittany
as Astrid James
Red Buttons
as Bruce Benson
Robert Culp
as Henry Farnum