The Dream Makers

1975TV Movie⏱️ 1h 30m

DramaMusic

⭐ 6.8

IMDB Rating

55 votes

A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.

Director

Boris Sagal

Writers

N/A

Stars

James Franciscus, Diane Baker, John Astin

Release Date

January 7, 1975

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

James Franciscus

as Sammy Stone

Diane Baker

as Mary Stone

John Astin

as Manny Wheeler

Kenny Rogers

as Earl

Mickey Jones

as Jesse

Jamie Donnelly

as Sally

Devon Ericson

as Carol

Steven Keats

as Barry

Michael Lerner

as Mike

Ron Thompson

as Dave

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Mono

Filming Location

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production

MGM Television, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

🏷️ Keywords

record industrycorruption

🎯 Categories

DramaMusic

⭐ Featured Review

A good drama

by Edermike • 2004-12-27

9/10

"I like this movie quite a bit. It features Kenny Rogers when he was a youngish dark haired hippie. He and his terrific group The First Edition (Mickey Jones, Mary Arnold, Jimmy Hasell, Terry Williams, and Gene Lorenzo) give this flick a superb soundtrack and though they are the only real reasons I watched this, the movie was not bad itself. I like the downbeat ending because it was realistic and no heroics were involved. It is pretty realistic as far as showing the music industries corruption. Some of the acting is hammy but of real interest to First Edition fans or people who enjoy 70s era dr..."