Movie: Quiz Show (1994)
“An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on two contestants on the show “Twenty-One”: Herbert Stempel, a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren, the patrician scion of one of America’s leading literary families. Based on a true story. Written by Tim Horrigan {horrigan@hanover-crrel.army.mil}”
- Director: Robert Redford
- Release Date: 23 September 1994 (Canada)
- Run Time: 133 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Drama , History
Tagline: Fifty million people watched, but no one saw a thing.
Trivia: The real Herb Stempel makes an unbilled appearance as one of the former contestants interviewed by Richard Goodwin.
Goofs: Anachronisms: At the beginning, Goodwin overhears news about Sputnik’s launch. Van Doren appeared on “21″ from November 1956 to March 1957. The Soviets launched Sputnik in October 1957.
