These TV commercials for the ABC Sunday and Wednesday Night Movies includes “The Carpetbaggers” with George Peppard and Alan Ladd and “The Oscar” featuring Stephen Boyd, Ernest Borgnine, Jill St. John and Edie Adams.

The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American epic drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the best-selling 1961 novel The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins. It stars George Peppard as Jonas Cord, a character based loosely on Howard Hughes, and Alan Ladd in his last role as Nevada Smith, a former western gunslinger turned actor. Carroll Baker, Martha Hyer, Bob Cummings, and Elizabeth Ashley also star.

The Oscar is a 1966 American drama film directed by Russell Rouse and starring Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker, Joseph Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Edie Adams and Ernest Borgnine.

The Oscar features several real Oscar winners in its cast and crew: along with Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for The Oscar), the film features Best Actor winners Borgnine and Broderick Crawford; Best Supporting Actor winners Ed Begley, Walter Brennan (three wins), Frank Sinatra, and James Dunn; and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg.

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