lying in the front of consequences

Rating: 7/10 (2 September 2009)

The movie surrounds the quiz show scandals of the 1950s. There are three main characters: Charles Van Doren who is a professor at Colombia University, unpolished ex- GI Herbert Stempel, and the idealist Congressional lawyer assigned to investigate Twenty One, Dick Goodwin.
In the recent past, the show Twenty One was one of the famous shows produced by Dan Enright and Albert Freedman. The show earned a huge profit. Millions of peoples were attracted to this show. Whenever the show was used to start people used to keep all their work aside. The TV show discovered a big business, and they got blind. They didn't care about honesty, truthfulness and rules. They made their own rules, an advantage in that moment because the Federal Government didn't have a regulation.
Herbert Stempel was the evening's main attraction, who despite his less than flattering looks, was the reigning Twenty One champion. But the sponsors wanted a new contestant. Finally, they found a Charles Van Doren, with a better appearance and the important family name.