An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show “Twenty-One”: Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America’s leading literary families. Based on a true story.
Release Date: 7 October 1994Runtime: 133 min
Stars:
- Allan Rich
- Christopher McDonald
- David Paymer
- Elizabeth Wilson
- George Martin
- Griffin Dunne
- Hank Azaria
- Johann Carlo
- John Turturro
- Michael Mantell
- Mira Sorvino
- Paul Guilfoyle
- Paul Scofield
- Ralph Fiennes
- Rob Morrow
Director: Robert Redford
