After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
Keywords:
Journalist
Black people
Success
Lovers
Bad luck
Broker
Social satire
Yellow-journalism
Stock broker
Movie tag line: "Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly."
Character: Sherman McCoy
Character: Peter Fallow
Character: Maria Ruskin
Character: Judy McCoy
Character: Jed Kramer