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Fame Is the Name of the Game

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Producing House

A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1966-11-26

Runtime: 100 mins

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Spoken language: English

Genres: Drama, Crime, TV Movie

Original title: Fame Is the Name of the Game

Production Companies: Universal Television

Production Countries: United States of America

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