The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)

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The colorful life of Howard Hughes is the subject of this biographical drama, originally a two-part television movie. The film charts Hughes' life from his youth, as he transforms his father's company into a billion-dollar business, to his later adventures in Hollywood and his eventual descent into isolation and paranoia.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama, Television
Directed By:

William A. Graham
Written By:

John Gay
In Theaters:

Apr 13, 1977 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 25, 2003
Runtime:

119 minutes
Studio:

EMI TV

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones
as Howard Hughes

Jim Antonio
as George

Carol Bagdasarian
as Jean Peters

Ed Flanders
as Noah Dietrich

Sorrell Booke
as Fiorello LaGuardia

James Hampton
as Wilbur Peterson

Tovah Feldshuh
as Katharine Hepburn

Thayer David
as Floyd Odlum

Arthur Franz
as Barnes

Denise Galik
as Shirley Whitehead

Ed Harris
as Russ

Wayne Heffley
as Dr. Bergman

Howard Hesseman
as Jenks

Barney Phillips
as Saunders

Lee Purcell
as Billie Dove

Andy Romano

Jerome Thor
as Council

Russ McGinn
as Patrolman

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It is a good deal better than what is on television during these dog days of re-runs and tyouts of shows that the networks would like to add to their schedules in the fall.

Apr 24, 2018 | Full Review…

Sander Vanocur

Washington Post

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