The Sex Symbol
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Lowell Rich
Jack Collins
William Castle
Milton Selzer
Shelley Winters
Malachi Throne
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A thinly disguised drama based on Marilyn Monroe's life and death, with Connie Stevens flaunting her undeniable charms, Shelley Winters as a Hollywood gossip columnist, Don Murray as an attractive married U.S. Senator, Nehemiah Persoff as a European-accented studio czar, James Olson as a cerebral artist who becomes the star's husband. Apparently anticipating a libel suit, ABC Television yanked this film prior to its original premiere in early March 1974 and tried to keep it under wraps.
Director
David Lowell Rich
Cast
Jack Collins
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William Castle
Milton Selzer
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Shelley Winters
Malachi Throne
Rita Guerrero
Tony Young
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Connie Stevens
Frank Loverde
Bing Russell
Madlyn Rhue
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Rand Brooks
William Smith
Albert Able
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James Olson
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Don Murray
Jack Carter
Burr Smidt
Dennis Rucker
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Nehemiah Persoff
Crew
Ross Bellah
Alvah Bessie
Alvah Bessie
Audrey Blasdel
Byron Brandt
Douglas S. Cramer
John Franco
J J Jones
Francis Lai
Ben Lane
Henry Mancini
Jeffrey Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States September 17, 1974