The Greek Tycoon

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The Greek Tycoon

Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Produced by	Allen Klein Ely Landau Nico Mastorakis, Laurence Myers
Written by	Nico Mastorakis, Winn Wells, Morton Fine
Starring	Anthony Quinn Jacqueline Bisset Charles Durning Raf Vallone James Franciscus Luciana Paluzzi
Music by	Stanley Myers
Cinematography	Anthony Richmond
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	1978
Running time	107 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$6.4 mill
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The Greek Tycoon is a 1978 film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starred by Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, James Franciscus and Charles Durning.

The film is loosely based on the life of the Greek mogul Aristotle Onassis (Quinn) and his wife and former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Bissett), widow of President John F. Kennedy, murdered in 1963. Film was initially developed as a biopic with original research and script by Nico Mastorakis. Allen Klein's (ABKCO) involvement dictated that names and characters be fictionalized to avoid legal complexities at the time. Mastorakis, who had signed Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset, acted as co-producer, securing the on location glossy look of the movie.

Tagline: She was the most famous woman in the world. He was a peasant, a pirate, a shark. What he couldn't buy with money he stole with charm.