The Moneychangers (1976)

After the president (Leonardo Cimino) of a major midwestern bank announces he has terminal cancer, two vastly different men compete to be the new bank president. A man (Kirk Douglas) whose wife (Marisa Pavan) is confined to a mental institution and having a relationship with a left wing attorney (Susan Flannery) and a man (Christopher Plummer) who is seduced by a corrupt CEO (Lorne Greene) whose company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Based on the best seller by Arthur Hailey (AIRPORT), this five and a half hour telefilm was shown over four nights. It suffers from too many storylines and one of them involving an embezzler (Timothy Bottoms) and his relationship with a Latino single mother (Amy Levitt) just drags the narrative down. I've not read Hailey's book but the movie plays out like a pulpy summer read at the beach. That's a compliment of sorts. Directed by Boris Sagal. The massive cast includes Anne Baxter, Helen Hayes, Jean Peters, Joan Collins, Ralph Bellamy, Patrick O'Neal, Robert Loggia, James Shigeta, Percy Rodrigues, Barry Coe, Miiko Taka and Virginia Grey.