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The Glitter Dome

The Glitter Dome

1984TV Movie⏱️ 1h 34mR
ComedyCrimeDramaMysteryThriller
5.7
IMDB Rating
404 votes

In this seedy neo-noire tale, two Hollywood homicide cops investigating a movie mogul's murder stumble upon a child-pornography ring.

Director
Stuart Margolin
Writers
Joseph Wambaugh, Stanley Kallis
Stars
James Garner, Margot Kidder, John Lithgow
Release Date
November 18, 1984
Language
English
Country
Canada
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Wins
💬 7
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

James Garner
James Garner
as Al
Margot Kidder
Margot Kidder
as Willie
John Lithgow
John Lithgow
as Marty
John Marley
John Marley
as Capt. Woofer
Stuart Margolin
Stuart Margolin
as Herman
Paul Koslo
Paul Koslo
as Veals
Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst
as Lorna
Alex Diakun
Alex Diakun
as Weasel
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Billy Kerr
as Ferret
William S. Taylor
William S. Taylor
as Hand

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Production
HBO Premiere Films, Home Box Office (HBO), Telepictures Corporation

🏷️ Keywords

alcoholicbondage sex fetishself narrationself deprecating humorangry boss

🎯 Categories

ComedyCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

It's Lithgow's show.
by lost-in-limbo2025-09-02
5/10

"Seedy atmospherics, and heavy themes are handled (sort of superficially) in Stuart Margolin's made-for-television hardboiled police procedural story of a murder involving a Hollywood movie mogul with possible links to a child-pornography ring. James Garner is the disconnected, and dryly sardonic L. A detective on the case, while John Lithgow playing his partner is the in-too-deep, and emotionally unstable cop. Garner's on-going noirish narration was on the distracting side, but his presence maybe more so. Lithgow's performance gave his character much added weight, and convincing..."

💡 Did You Know?

Stuart Margolin performed a number of duties on this production. Margolin was a supporting actor, a producer, music composer and the film's director. Margolin and lead actor James Garner had had a tremendous body of work together in television including Nichols (1971), Bret Maverick (1981) and The Rockford Files (1974).

📖 Synopsis

In this seedy neo-noire tale, two Hollywood homicide cops investigating a movie mogul's murder stumble upon a child-pornography ring.