The Dream Merchants (miniseries)
| The Dream Merchants | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Miniseries/Drama |
| Based on | The Dream Merchants by Harold Robbins |
| Screenplay by | Richard De Roy Chester Krumholz |
| Story by | Harold Robbins |
| Directed by | Vincent Sherman |
| Starring | Mark Harmon Vincent Gardenia |
| Theme music composer | George Duning |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 x 120 mins |
| Production | |
| Producer | Hugh Benson |
| Cinematography | Gerald Perry Finnerman |
| Editors | Donald Douglas Richard Van Enger Jr. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Operation Prime Time |
| Release | May 12, 1980 – 1980 |
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The Dream Merchants is a 1980 television miniseries based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins and directed by Vincent Sherman.
The Dream Merchants tells the rags to riches story of a young man (Mark Harmon) who starts his career working in a nickelodeon theatre and builds a movie empire during the silent film era until the advent of sound films in the late 1920s.