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By Botty Snyder

Updated 27 October 2017

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Artist	ABC Television
Credit	eBay front back
License	pd
Desc	1977 cast photo from the television series Barney Miller. From left: Max Gail ("Wojo" Wojciehowicz}, Ron Glass (Ron Harris}, Abe Vigoda (Phil Fish), Jack Soo (Nick Yemana). Seated is Hal Linden (Barney Miller).
Usage	Public domain

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1966 film by Russell Rouse

The Oscar

Released	1966 (56 years, 2 months ago)

Director	Russell Rouse
Duration	121 minutes
Genre	drama film
Nominated for	Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color and Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color
Composer	Percy Faith
Country of origin	United States of America
Screenwriter	Harlan Ellison, Clarence Greene, Clarence Horton Greene, Russell Rouse and Richard Sale
Producer	Clarence Horton Greene

About The Oscar

The Oscar is a 1966 American drama film written by Harlan Ellison, Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse and Richard Sale, directed by Rouse and starring Stephen Boyd, singer Tony Bennett (in his film debut), comedian Milton Berle (in a dramatic role), Elke Sommer, Ernest Borgnine, Jill St. John, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Edie Adams, Peter Lawford, Broderick Crawford, Ed Begley, Walter Brennan and Jack Soo. Also appearing are Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, Merle Oberon, Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra as themselves. The film features an impressive cast and crew, including several real Academy Award winners: eight-time costume design winner Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for The Oscar); Best Actor winners Borgnine and Crawford; Best Supporting Actor winners Begley, Brennan (three wins), Sinatra and James Dunn, and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg. Also in the cast were Oberon and Parker, who had been nominated for Oscars but did not win.