The Day the Bubble Burst

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.

Cast

Robert Vaughn

as Richard Whitney

Richard Crenna

as Jesse Livermore

Robert Hays

as Gregory Winslow

Rue McClanahan

as Barbara Arvey

Blanche Baker

as Jolan Slezsak

Franklin Cover

as Herbert Hoover

Dana Elcar

as Mr. Block

Audra Lindley

as Evangeline Adams

Bill Macy

as Mr. Goldberger

Caroline McWilliams

as Dorothy Livermore

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