Fame Is the Name of the Game
Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966) is an American TV-movie, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, that aired on NBC and served as the pilot episode of the subsequent series The Name of the Game. The film stars Tony Franciosa as an investigative journalist and presents the screen debut of 20-year-old Susan Saint James, who also continued her role in the later series. The telefilm also features Jill St. John, Jack Klugman, and Robert Duvall.
In an unprecedented blitz of TV ads which garnered phenomenal ratings leading to a spin-off series, NBC erroneously billed the telefilm as television's first "world premiere" of a "major motion picture".
[edit] Principal cast
Tony Franciosa as Jeff Dillon
Jill St. John as Leona Purdy
Jack Klugman as Ben Welcome
George Macready as Glenn Howard (replaced by Gene Barry in the subsequent series)
Jack Weston as Griffin
Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell
Lee Bowman as Cruikshank
Robert Duvall as Eddie Franchot
Jay C. Flippen as Dizzy Shaner
Nicholas Colasanto as Detective
