Moneychangers ( Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers ) ( Money changers )

Moneychangers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Alternate Title: Money changers
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
306 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Boris Sagal

Written By:
Arthur Hailey
Dean Riesner

Actors:
Kirk Douglas ..... Alex Vandervoort
Christopher Plummer ..... Roscoe Heyward
Anne Baxter ..... Edwina Dorsey
Ralph Bellamy ..... Jerome Patterson
Timothy Bottoms ..... Miles Eastin
Joan Collins ..... Avril Devereaux
Susan Flannery ..... Margot Bracken
Robert Loggia ..... Tony Bear
Marisa Pavan ..... Celia Vandervoort
Jean Peters ..... Beatrice Heyward
Percy Rodrigues ..... Nolan Wainwright
Hayden Rorke ..... Lewis Dorsey
James Shigeta ..... Wizard Wong
Amy Trivell ..... Juanita Nunez (as Ann Tivell)
Patrick O'Neal ..... Harold Austin

Synopsis:

This four-part adaptation of Arthur Hailey's tale of power and greed in the banking business has two ambitious vice presidents become rivals when an imminent board room vacancy arises won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Series of the 1976-77 season as well as an Emmy for Christopher Plummer as one of the antagonists. Other nominations went to Susan Flannery (as Kirk Douglas' lawyer girlfriend), to Joseph Biroc for his photography, and to Phill Norman for his graphics and opening titles. Of interest: Jean Peters returned to films here after spending nearly twenty years in retirement - most of them as Mrs. Howard Hughes.

This is the story of the happenings at a major bank. The first of which is that the bank's president announces that he is dying and that with no heir to take his place, he informs the bank's officers that he is letting them choose a successor. The two vice presidents who are the front runners for the job are Alex Vandervoort and Roscoe Heyward. Now Alex is not exactly running around looking for support, Roscoe can only see the benefits the presidency can give him. So he goes around looking for people who would like to do business with the bank. He goes to George Quartermain, who wants the bank to give him more than they are allowed to. While most of the board are excited of the possibility of going into business with Quartermain, Alex is the only one who is weary of it, as it's a big risk. Alex is not popular also because, while his wife is mentally ill and confined to an insane asylum, he is having an affair with a lawyer, who specializes in helping the disadvantaged, the bank was originally suppose to fund a project to help them but has pulled out, and Alex is also asking them not to. Also the bank is plagued with false credit cards being circulated, so the bank's security officer, who was hired by Alex is not having much luck in finding them, which is another reason why Alex is not so popular.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 June, 2014.