Gentleman's Agreement
Drama
Theatrical Release (US)
Overview:
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Director:
Elia Kazan
Status:
Released
Language:
English
Buget:
$2,000,000.00
Revenue:
$7,800,000.00
Key words:
Cast
Gregory Peck
~ as ~
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
Dean Stockwell
Tommy Green
Nicholas Joy
Dr. Craigie
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Written 9 year(s) ago
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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...