John Turturro
Herbie Stempel
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Richard Goodwin, a young Congressional lawyer, learns that the grand jury findings have been sealed and travels to New York City to investigate rumors of rigged quiz shows. Visiting a number of contestants, including Stempel and Van Doren, he begins to suspect that Twenty-One is a fixed operation.
A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation. An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed.
Oct 7, 1994 · The real-life story of Professor Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), son of a famous scholar, Mark Van Doren (Paul Scofield) is told in a lively and detailed way with many sights and sounds of the '50s making the atmosphere look very authentic.
- (73K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Robert Redford
- 1994-10-07
May 19, 2024 · Quiz Show is based on a true story. The movie is inspired by the real-life scandal surrounding the quiz show “Twenty One” in the 1950s. Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro starred in Quiz Show.
Congressional investigator Dick Goodwin (Rob Morrow) is brought in to examine the claim that winners were given the answers. Goodwin wrote the book on which this true story is based.
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- Robert Redford
- PG-13
- John Turturro
Quiz Show is a 1994 American film directed by Robert Redford, Based on a True Story about the scandal surrounding the rigging of the Game Show Twenty-One in The '50s.
This true story focuses on three key players: Herb Stempel (John Turturro), one-time champion of the rigged game show who blew the whistle after the producers forced him to take a dive; Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), who unseated Stempel and captured national attention, only to disgrace his family name when found guilty of cheating (a ...
