Themes: Fall From Power, Rise To Power, Cons and Scams
Main Cast: Judd Nelson, Ron Silver
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 190 minutes
Plot
Billionaire Boys Club is the two-part TV adaptation of a book by Sue Horton (unpublished at the time of the film's first telecast). In flashback form, the story recounts the murder of Beverly Hills con artist Ron Levin (Ron Silver). The culprit is yuppie Joe Hunt (Judd Nelson), a sharp young commodities trader who has organized an investment firm with several of his prep school buddies, known as the Billionaire Boys Club. Part one, originally telecast November 8, 1987, traces Hunt's meteoric rise to wealth and power, and the means by which Levin worms his way into Hunt's confidence. In part two, shown the next evening, Hunt has already murdered Levin and carefully disposed of the body. The next step of the scheme is take over where Levin left off by conning an Iranian millionaire out of a huge sum of money. Meanwhile, other members of the Club begin to have qualms over Hunt's finagling. Their whistle-blowing leads to Hunt's arrest and convinction for murder. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Terry Beaver - Sgt. Dexter; Channing Chase - Realty Agent; Margarita Franco - Rosa Gonzalez; Alan Fudge - Walter Thornwell; Peter Jason - Vince Stoloff; James Karen - Mr. Fairmount Sr.; Shirley Knight; Robert Krantz; Paul Lambert - Levin's Father; S. John Launer - Judge; Fredric Lehne; Ruth Manning - Levin's Mother; Brian McNamara; Joseph Medalis - First Detective; Gail O'Grady - Judy; Ben Piazza - Mr. Cody; Reva Rose - Court Clerk; Raphael Sbarge; Jill Schoelen; Stan Shaw; James J. Sloyan; Milt Tarver - Ben McQueen; Barry Tubb; Richard Venture - Nelson Prescott; Alexander Zale - Mr. Berberian; Dale Dye; John Stockwell; John Miller - Steven Raleigh; Ron Levin; Dan Chambers - SEC Agent; Joseph Chapman - Henley; Robert Hallak; Vernon Weddle - Peter Faraday; Richard Zavaglia - Sherman; Eric Larson; Bebe Drake - Housekeeper
Credit
Brad Loman - Costume Designer, Marvin J. Chomsky - Director, William B. Stich - Editor, Donald March - Executive Producer, Isidore Mankofsky - Cinematographer, Marcy Gross - Producer, Ann Weston - Producer, Gy Waldron - Screenwriter
