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The Last Tycoon: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Richard Joy, Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Peter Lorre. A movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- John Frankenheimer
- 1957-03-14
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" The Last Tycoon " is a 1957 episode of the American television series Playhouse 90 based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald . Production. Humphrey Bogart expressed interest in appearing in the production opposite to Lauren Bacall but was ultimately too ill with the cancer that would kill him.
Adaptations. 1957: John Frankenheimer directed a TV version for Playhouse 90, with Jack Palance as Monroe Stahr. 1976: A film version was adapted for the screen by British playwright Harold Pinter, directed by Elia Kazan (his last film). It was produced by Sam Spiegel and released as The Last Tycoon.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1941
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After The Last Tycoon (March 14, 1957), adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel about a film studio head, Frankenheimer followed with Tad Mosel's If You Knew Elizabeth (April 11, 1957) about an ambitious college professor; another Fitzgerald adaptation, Winter Dreams (May 23, 1957), dramatizing a romantic triangle; Clash by Night (June 13 ...
Oct 24, 2019 · Description: “The Last Tycoon” is the 24th episode in the first season of Playhouse 90. This episode, written by Don Mankiewicz and directed by John Frankenheimer, was based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title. In it, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
