Norman Jewison directed this chronicle of screenwriter Ben Hecht when he was a young reporter in Chicago.
Beau Bridges plays the lead, and he is supported by Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, Hume Cronyn, George Kennedy, and Wilfred Hyde-White.
Oscar Nominations: 3
Art Decoration-Set Decoration: Robert Boyle and George B. Chan; Edward Boyle and Carl Biddiscombe
Sound: Robert Martin and Clem Portman
Costume Design: Ray Aghayan
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
The Art Direction and Sound Oscars went to the musical “Hello, Dolly!” Margaret Furse won the Costume Design Award for the historical epic, “Anne of the Thousand Days.”
