Quiz Show poster
Director Robert Redford
Screenplay Paul Attanasio

Quiz Show

Tagline: Fifty million people watched but no one saw a thing.

Release Date: 1994-08-25

Duration: 133 minutes

Synopsis

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.

Casting

  • William Fichtner
    Stage Manager
  • Ralph Fiennes
    Charles Van Doren
  • Martin Scorsese
    Martin Rittenhome
  • Ethan Hawke
    Columbia Student (uncredited)
  • Paul Guilfoyle
    Lishman
  • Rob Morrow
    Richard Goodwin
  • Calista Flockhart
    Barnard Girl
  • Hank Azaria
    Albert Freedman
  • Timothy Busfield
    Fred
  • John Turturro
    Herbert 'Herb' Stempel

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