The Alcoa Hour The Big Build-Up (Season 2, Episode 14)
TV Episode | Drama

The Alcoa Hour

The Big Build-Up (Season 2, Episode 14)

TV Episode | Drama

Young actor Bert Palmer is led to believe he has a promising future by studio bigwigs. But he quickly learns that in Hollywood talk is cheap and he's disillusioned about his future.

Director

Paul Stanley

Writer

Roger O. Hirson

Producers

Philip Barry Jr. | E.G. Marshall

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Updated Mar 31, 1957

Release date

Mar 31, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Sorrell Booke Baratender Baratender See fewer	The Dukes of Hazzard (1979)
Henderson Forsythe First Man First Man See fewer	Species II (1998)
Diane Gentner Isabel Isabel See fewer	Guiding Light (1952)
E.G. Marshall Herman Magnus Herman Magnus See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
Mickey & Sylvia Themselves Themselves See fewer	Men in Black³ (2012)
George Peppard Eddie Pierce Eddie Pierce See fewer	Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Eugene Peterson Second Man (as Gene Peterson) Second Man (as Gene Peterson) See fewer	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Jason Robards Bert Palmer (as Jason Robards Jr.) Bert Palmer (as Jason Robards Jr.) See fewer	All the President's Men (1976)
Robert F. Simon Mr. Price Mr. Price See fewer	Operation Petticoat (1959)
Leonard Stone Longden Longden See fewer	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Ned Wertimer Marty Rose Marty Rose See fewer	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)