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
