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Hollywood often finds room for CPAs in its films. With the Oscars around the corner, former CalCPA East Bay Chapter President Hank Levy, CPA, set out to find who has played "the most trusted adviser" on the silver screen. Among his findings:

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Stand-In (1937)

Leslie Howard as the bookish accountant/financial consultant saves a movie studio for the shareholders and its director, Humphrey Bogart.

Scarlet Street (1945)

Timid accountant and amateur-painter Edward G. Robinson embezzles money from his employer to finance a lavish apartment for his mistress--to whom he poses as a famous painter.

D.O.A. (1950)

Edmond O'Brien plays a poisoned Los Angeles accountant who has 48 hours to find his murderer.

The Apartment (1960)

Jack Lemmon's character C.C. Baxter introduces himself: "I work on the 19th floor. Ordinary Policy Department, Premium Accounting Division, Section W, desk number 861."

Snowball Express (1972)

Dean Jones is a New York accountant who quits his job and moves to the Rocky Mountains to run a newly inherited ski resort.

Same Time, Next Year (1978)

Alan Alda is an accountant from New Jersy who travels to California each year to have an affair.

Moonstruck (1987)

Cher plays a wideowed Brooklyn bookkeeper who finds true love with her finance's estranged brother and is mistakenly accused do embezzling the family deli's profits.

Midnight Run (1988)

Bounty hunters, the FBI and the Mafia are all after accountant Charles Grodin after he jumps bail (Spoiler: He is finally captured by Robert DeNiro).

Strike It Rich (1990)

A London accountant honeymooining in the south of France with his American bride nearly gambles away his marriage when he spends more time in the casinos than with her.

Pure Luck (1991)

Martin Short is a hapless accountant sent to Mexico with private eye Danny Glover to find his boss's missing daughter.

Nickel & Dime (1992)

3. Thomas Howell hasn't forked over taxes in eight years--thanks to CPA Wallace Shawn but now it's time to pay the...