
The Day the Bubble Burst
Genres
Overview
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
180 min
Release Date
1982-02-07
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
2
Robert Vaughn
Richard Whitney
Richard Crenna
Jesse Livermore
Robert Hays
Gregory Winslow
Rue McClanahan
Barbara Arvey
Blanche Baker
Jolan Slezsak
Franklin Cover
Herbert Hoover
Dana Elcar
Mr. Block
Audra Lindley
Evangeline Adams
Bill Macy
Mr. Goldberger
Caroline McWilliams
Dorothy Livermore
Donna Pescow
Gloria Block
Laurette Spang
Frances Pierce
David Ogden Stiers
William Crapo Durant
Shane Butterworth
Marcus
Don Calfa
Mr. Cinelli
Ivan Saric
Eric Von Sternberg
David Clennon
Nicolas Coster
John Harkins
John Lehne
Ben Marley
John O'Leary
Ron Rifkin
Hunter von Leer
Stephen W. Burns
Diana Douglas
James Karen
Harry Northup
James Ray
Arthur Rosenberg
Fredd Wayne
Kent Williams
William Wintersole
James Bacon
Ellen Blake
Ivan Bonar
Christopher Brown
Robert Cornthwaite
Robert G. Denison
Gary Dontzig
Michael Edwards
Sheldon Feldner
Tony Gaetano
Robert C. Garrison
Ben Gerard
Mary Gillis
Terry Green
Roberta Keith
Frank Holms
Erik Howell
Bill Hutton
Deborah Kelly
Paul Laurence
Peter Lampert
Terry Logan
Winnie McCarthy
Bill Martel
Geoff Millar
William Mims
Earl Montgomery
Jens Nowak
Nathan Roth
Marti Stevens
Doug Stevenson
Ralph Strait
Henry Sutton
James Tartan
Torill
Nelson Welsh
Jeff Williams
Ken Wright
Michael Edwards
Clairvoyant's Assistant
Debra Kelly
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