The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)

Directed by

Paul Wendkos

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A professor learns that his college fraternity has been running a secret network that uses unethical means to build power and money. His attempt to expose them puts his career and relationships at risk.

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What happens

The Brotherhood of the Bell is a 1970 made-for-television movie produced by Cinema Center 100 Productions and starring Glenn Ford. The director Paul Wendkos was nominated in 1971 by the Directors Guild of America for "outstanding directorial achievement in television". David Karp wrote the screenplay based on his novel that had been previously filmed as a Studio One episode in 1958. This version aired as a "world premiere" CBS Thursday Night Movie. The film depicts a successful economics professor, Dr. Andrew Patterson, who discovers that an elite fraternity he joined as an undergraduate is really a callous banking and business cabal that obtains wealth and power for its members through nefarious practices. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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