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  1. Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film directed and produced by Robert Redford. Dramatizing the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio [5] adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin , a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. [6]

  2. Oct 7, 1994 · Quiz Show: Directed by Robert Redford. With John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield. A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

  3. Richard Goodwin (Rob Morrow), 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.

  4. BAFTA FILM AWARD® winner. Quiz Show. A big-money, high-stakes TV game show becomes the subject of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption behind-the-scenes implicating both the current and former champs. 1,135 IMDb 7.5 2 h 7 min 1994. PG-13. Drama · Historical · Biting · Cerebral. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $4.29. Buy.

  5. Queens-born Herbie Stempel (John Turturro) becomes an unlikely hero after winning on America's beloved game show, "Twenty One." When the network decides to bring in a more telegenic contestant ...

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  6. Robert Redford has directed "Quiz Show" as entertainment, history, and challenge. It is fun as a thriller; we find ourselves sort of hoping Van Doren doesn't get caught. It works as a memory of the first decade in which a society that used to sit on the front porch went inside and stared at the tube.

  7. Jan 25, 2005 · 2h 1994. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A blue-blood academic gets swept up in the quiz show scandals of the '50s. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Redford. Director. John Turturro. Ralph Fiennes. Rob Morrow. Calista Flockhart. Paul Scofield. Film Details. MPAA Rating. Genre. Drama.

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