Soon the concept of "charging it" was picked up by merchants as an alternative form of payment to the use of cash. By 1952, the Diner's Club Card was accepted by thousands of businesses across the United States, and it became a status symbol for those who carried it. The Diner's Club Card soon became a cultural icon. Hollywood cashed in on the "charge-it craze" with the 1962 movie The Man From the Diner's Club. In it, an employee at Diner's Club issues a credit card to a well-known gangster and has to get it back in order to keep his job. The Ideal Toy Corporation joined in the trend when it created a board game called the Diner's Club game.