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.

After moving to New York City, Frankie dumps Laurel for a budding fashion designer, Kay Bergdahl, which leads to a chance meeting with talent scout Sophie Cantaro.

In order to ensure his victory, he secretly employs the services of a crooked private investigator, Barney Yale, who leaks information intended to influence voters to sympathize with Fane and support his Oscar candidacy.

As Frank Sinatra moves towards the stage, Fane is left stunned and crestfallen, clapping his hands weakly and collapsing in his seat, while everyone in the assemblage whom he has wronged enjoys the comeuppance delivered to this wholly self-absorbed, unfeeling individual.

"[12] Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post stated, "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must have been on an LSD kick when it allowed itself to be used for 'The Oscar' ... That the story is a sleazy slice of muck is bad enough but for those presumably in charge of 'Oscar's' public image in an image-conscious 'industry' to permit such an association is far worse.

Rotten Tomatoes stated: "This attempt at showing up the seamy underside of the film industry is in itself a testament to the overblown excesses of Hollywood before the Easy Riders and Raging Bulls shook things up.

Seething, sleazy, and sensational, it's constantly guffaw-worthy, not least for Tony Bennett's disastrous performance as Hymie, Fane's version of Entourage's Turtle, and a glittering parade of stars doing cameos of themselves.