Quiz Show
Quiz Show
Release: 1994-08-25
·Runtime: 133m
·★ 7.3
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Baltimore Pictures
Wildwood Enterprises
Hollywood Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Griffin Dunne
as Account Guy
Hank Azaria
as Albert Freedman
Timothy Britten Parker
as Researcher
Bill Moor
as Congressman Rogers
Bernie Sheredy
as Reporter
Barry Levinson
as Dave Garroway
Carole Shelley
as Cornwall Aunt
Illeana Douglas
as Woman at Book Party
Gretchen Egolf
as Student at Book Party
Douglas McGrath
as Snodgrass
Calista Flockhart
as Barnard Girl
Hélène Cardona
as Student (Uncredited)
Gerald McCullouch
as Bus Boy (Uncredited)
Mary Shultz
as Freedman's Secretary
Jeffrey Nordling
as John Van Doren
Chuck Adamson
as Congressman Mack
Jonathan Marc Sherman
as Don Quixote Student #2 (Uncredited)
Grace Phillips
as Mrs. Nearing
David Paymer
as Dan Enright
Stephen Pearlman
as Judge Schweitzer
Richard Council
as Reporter #1 (Uncredited)
Nick Taylor
as Herbie's Neighbor (Uncredited)
Debra Monk
as Kintner's Secretary
Christopher McDonald
as Jack Barry
Martin Scorsese
as Sponsor
Jerry Grayson
as Limo Driver
Harriet Sansom Harris
as Enright's Secretary
Anthony Fusco
as Librarian
Kelly Coffield Park
as Queens Neighbor
Mira Sorvino
as Sandra Goodwin
Byron Jennings
as Moomaw
Michael J. Burg
as Student (Uncredited)
Paul Scofield
as Mark Van Doren
Ben Shenkman
as Childress
Bruce Altman
as Gene
Katherine Borowitz
as #1 Mom
John Ponzio
as NBC Page (Uncredited)
Steve Ryan
as NBC Employee (Uncredited)
William Fichtner
as Stage Manager
John Turturro
as Herb Stempel
George Martin
as Chairman
Paul Guilfoyle
as Lishman
Michael Mantell
as Pennebaker
Timothy Busfield
as Fred
Jack Gilpin
as Jack
James Prendergast
as Lawyer (Uncredited)
Johann Carlo
as Toby Stempel
Elizabeth Wilson
as Dorothy Van Doren
Le Clanché du Rand
as Cornwall Neighbor
Merwin Goldsmith
as Writer at Book Party
Bill Cwikowski
as Challenger
Ethan Hawke
as Columbia Student (uncredited)
Allan Rich
as Robert Kintner
Rob Morrow
as Dick Goodwin
Ernie Sabella
as Car Salesman
Steve Roland
as Today Announcer (voice)
Ron Ostrow
as Photographer (Uncredited)
Mario Cantone
as Passerby
Joe Lisi
as Reporter
Ralph Fiennes
as Charles Van Doren
Matt Keeslar
as NBC Page
Crew
Richard Hymns
Supervising Sound Editor
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Isham
Original Music Composer
Richard Dreyfuss
Executive Producer
Joseph P. Reidy
First Assistant Director
Robert Redford
Director, Producer
Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Florian Ballhaus
Camera Operator
Christopher Boyes
Assistant Sound Designer
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Jeff McCracken
Co-Producer
Jon Hutman
Production Design
Paul Attanasio
Screenplay
Frederick Zollo
Executive Producer
Miriam Schapiro
Art Department Coordinator