Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
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An all-star (or rather, "all-TV star") cast distinguishes this three-hour filmed re-creation of the great stock market crash on October 29, 1929. Though inspired by a fact-based book on "Black Tuesday," the film is chock full of fabricated soap-opera complications involving… More An all-star (or rather, "all-TV star") cast distinguishes this three-hour filmed re-creation of the great stock market crash on October 29, 1929. Though inspired by a fact-based book on "Black Tuesday," the film is chock full of fabricated soap-opera complications involving dozens of fictional characters, among them a debt-plagued Stock Exchange officer, a group of high-profile embezzlers, a social-climbing couple determined to land a wealthy husband for their hapless daughter, and the inevitable far-sighted individuals who know that the Crash is coming and are determined to may hay while the sun is still in the sky. Overall, the film simplifies a very controversial and complicated moment of history into a cut-and-dried account peopled by blatantly obvious heroes and villains. Originally slated to air on February 1, 1981, The Day the Bubble Burst was inexplicably shelved by NBC for over a year, finally making its debut on February 7, 1982. The fact that it was scheduled opposite the network television premiere of Superman: The Movie was indication enough that NBC had very little confidence in their expensive "factual fiction" piece. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph Hardy
- Genres
- Drama
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Cast
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Blanche Baker
as Jolan Slezsak
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Don Calfa
as Mr. Cinelli
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Dana Elcar
as Mr. Block
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Robert Hays
as Gregory Winslow
- James Karen
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Audra Lindley
as Evangeline Adams
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Bill Macy
as Mr. Goldberger
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Rue McClanahan
as Barbara Arvey
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Caroline McWilliams
as Dorothy Livermore
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Donna Pescow
as Gloria Block
- Ron Rifkin
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Laurette Spang
as Frances Pierce
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David Ogden Stiers
as William Crapo Durant
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Robert Vaughn
as Richard Whitney
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Richard Crenna
as Jesse Livermore
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Franklin Cover
as Herbert Hoover
