 First edition of What Makes Sammy Run? | |
| Author | Budd Schulberg |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1941 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (octavo hardcover) |
| Pages | 303 (first edition) |
What Makes Sammy Run? (1941) is a novel by Budd Schulberg inspired by the life of his father, early Hollywood mogul B. P. Schulberg. It is a rags to riches story chronicling the rise and fall of Sammy Glick, a Jewish boy born in New York's Lower East Side who, very early in his life, makes up his mind to escape the ghetto and climb the ladder of success by deception and betrayal. It was made into a 1965 Broadway musical.[1]