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The Dream Merchants (1980)

Latest Episode

120 min

Season 1 • Episode 3

Latest

Episode 3

May 14, 1980

Overview

Drama

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.

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Content warning
old hollywoodminiseries
First AiredMay 12, 1980
StatusEnded
Seasons1·Episodes3

Top Cast

Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon

Johnny Edge

Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia

Peter Kessler

Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild

Dulcie Warren

Brianne Leary

Brianne Leary

Doris Kessler

Robert Picardo

Robert Picardo

Mark Kessler

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Coralee

Kaye Ballard

Kaye Ballard

Esther Kessler

Morgan Brittany

Morgan Brittany

Astrid James

Red Buttons

Red Buttons

Bruce Benson

Robert Culp

Robert Culp

Henry Farnum

Howard Duff

Howard Duff

Charles Slade

José Ferrer

José Ferrer

George Pappas

Robert Goulet

Robert Goulet

Craig Warren

David Groh

David Groh

Rocco Salvatore

Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones

Vera

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The Dream Merchants Promo 1980 ‧ Drama Miniseries ‧ Mark Harmon

The Dream Merchants Promo 1980 ‧ Drama Miniseries ‧ Mark Harmon

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