
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.

as Johnny Edge

as Peter Kessler

as Dulcie Warren

as Doris Kessler

as Mark Kessler

as Coralee

as Esther Kessler

as Astrid James

as Bruce Benson

as Henry Farnum

as Charles Slade

as George Pappas

as Craig Warren

as Rocco Salvatore

as Vera

as Conrad Stillman

as Lawrence Radford

as Murray Tucker

as Zack Larsen

as Capt. Casey

as Harriet Farnum

as Fraser

as Bobby Edge

as Thelma Benson

as Hansen