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Madison Avenue (1962)

Madison Avenue poster
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Genre
romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man works in the competitive world of New York advertising in the early 1960s. He navigates his professional life and his relationships with two women.

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What happens

Madison Avenue is a 1961 CinemaScope drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain and Eleanor Parker. The film was completed in 1960 but was not released immediately. On April 13, 1961, Madison Avenue opened at the Rialto Cinema in London's West End for a two-week run. In late April, the film had a UK general release as part of a double bill with The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. The film was not seen in the United States until January 1962. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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