Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- John TurturroHerb Stempel
- Rob MorrowDick Goodwin
- Ralph FiennesCharles Van Doren
- Paul ScofieldMark Van Doren
- David PaymerDan Enright
- Hank AzariaAlbert Freedman
- Christopher McDonaldJack Barry
- Johann CarloToby Stempel
- Elizabeth WilsonDorothy Van Doren
- Allan RichRobert Kintner
Crew
- Robert RedfordDirector
- Paul AttanasioScreenplay
- Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- Stu LinderEditor
- Michael JacobsProducer
- Julian KraininProducer
- Michael NozikProducer
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