Gentleman's Agreement

1947 1h 58m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 287

Drama

Synopsis

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A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gregory Peck
Philip Schuyler Green
Dorothy McGuire
Kathy Lacy
John Garfield
Dave Goldman
Celeste Holm
Anne Dettrey
Anne Revere
Mrs. Green
June Havoc
Elaine Wales
Albert Dekker
John Minify
Jane Wyatt
Jane

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Elia Kazan
Writers: Moss Hart
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 7

ERA

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79 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Elia Kazan, shot by Arthur C. Miller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0039416 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Elia Kazan directs. Arthur C. Miller behind the camera. Alfred Newman scores. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
379 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Elia Kazan, shot by Arthur C. Miller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0039416 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 11 themes, including "new york city", "based on novel or book", "magazine", "antisemitism".

The technical file

Cinematography: Arthur C. Miller
Original score: Alfred Newman
Costume design: Kay Nelson
Makeup / hair: Ben Nye
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Status: Released
Budget: $2,000,000
Box office: $7,800,000
Return: 390% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Picture
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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talisencrw2016-01-21
★ 9/10
Just two years after Kazan's feature-film debut (and the end of WWII) came this firecracker which became up to that point his most successful film (although A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Boomerang would also garner Oscar nominations), and it's ironic that so shortly after a great war was won, mainly against racism and the killing of Jews overseas, Gregory Peck's Schuyler Green, in undercover work for an expose to satiate his new, New York City boss, discovers rampant anti-Semitism uncomfortably much closer to home. I love John Garfield's work, rather late in his short career, in the supporting role of Dave Goldman (he should have received an Oscar nomination as well). The film was very successful, taking in three trophies for eight tries altogether (for Best Director, Picture and Supporting Actress--Celeste Holm), and its ending--stressing that forgiveness and tolerance are possible (when Green returns home and forgives his wife)--is very important, though he chose the wrong woman...

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