Champagne for Caesar

Champagne for Caesar is a 1950 US comedy

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1950 - US - Comedy

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movie about a trivia quiz show, directed by

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Movie - Trivia - Quiz show - Directed

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Richard Whorf and written by Fred Brady and

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Richard Whorf - Written - Fred Brady

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Hans Jacoby. The movie stars Ronald Colman along with

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Hans Jacoby - Ronald Colman

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Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, and

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Celeste Holm - Vincent Price - Barbara Britton

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Art Linkletter.

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The quiz show features a format where the prize doubles with each

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successive question, as on the contemporary

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The 64,000 Dollar Question.

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Colman stars as snobbish scholar Beauregard Bottomley, who

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finds it demeaning that the public is interested in people who can

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answer a few simple questions. He gets on the show and easily answers

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the maximum 5 questions, then dares the host (played by real-life

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radio/TV host Linkletter) to ask him a 6th one... and then a 7th.

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Producer Burnbridge Waters (Price) senses a ratings jackpot and plays

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along, calling Bottomley back for one question per show. The questions

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become more erudite, but Bottomley keeps winning. As the stakes continue

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to double, Waters becomes alarmed and attempts sabotage, but Bottomley

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is not stopped. After his run is finally ended by the question

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"What is your Social Security Number?", Bottomley reveals

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privately that, having proved his point, he had himself suggested

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the question he could not answer.

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The title refers to Bottomley's alcohol-loving parrot.

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Alcohol - Parrot

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