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Release Date: 1966

Cast: Robert Duvall, Jack Klugman

Categories: Movies, Whodunit, Mystery

Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) is an American TV-movie, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, that aired on NBC and served as the pilot episode of the subsequent series The Name of the Game. The film stars Tony Franciosa as an investigative journalist and presents the screen debut of 20-year-old Susan Saint James, who also continued her role in the later series. The telefilm also features Jill St. John, Jack Klugman, and Robert Duvall. In an unprecedented blitz of TV ads which garnered phenomenal ratings leading to a spin-off series, NBC erroneously billed the telefilm as television's first... MORE

Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) is an American TV-movie, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, that aired on NBC and served as the pilot episode of the subsequent series The Name of the Game. The film stars Tony Franciosa as an investigative journalist and presents the screen debut of 20-year-old Susan Saint James, who also continued her role in the later series. The telefilm also features Jill St. John, Jack Klugman, and Robert Duvall. In an unprecedented blitz of TV ads which garnered phenomenal ratings leading to a spin-off series, NBC erroneously billed the telefilm as television's first "world premiere" of a "major motion picture". Tony Franciosa as Jeff Dillon Jill St. John as Leona Purdy Jack Klugman as Ben Welcome George Macready as Glenn Howard (replaced by Gene Barry in the subsequent series) Jack Weston as Griffin Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell Lee Bowman as Cruikshank Robert Duvall as Eddie Franchot Jay C. Flippen as Dizzy Shaner Nicholas Colasanto as Detective LESS