Gentleman’s Agreement may have been an important film at one time, but it was never a good film.
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:24
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: It occasionally fails to live up to its subject matter -- and is perhaps an 'important' film more than a 'great' one -- but the performances from Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire are superb.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Though the studios of the Golden Age were reluctant to produce films about Anti-Semitism, this Elia Kazan picture remains one of the best of the few Hollywood treatments of the subject. Gregory... Though the studios of the Golden Age were reluctant to produce films about Anti-Semitism, this Elia Kazan picture remains one of the best of the few Hollywood treatments of the subject. Gregory Peck gives the right gravity to his role of a magazine reporter who comes to understand in a personal way the barriers imposed by prejudice when, to add depth to his magazine feature, he takes on a Jewish identity. Moss Hart wrote the script, which was based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson. [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm
Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, Sam Jaffe
Director: Elia Kazan
Director: Elia Kazan
Screenwriter: Moss Hart
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Composer: Alfred Newman
Reviews for Gentleman's Agreement
A seriously flawed, groundbreaking work that's more important for what it tries to do than for what it actually does.
The uncompromising moral stance of Phil, and the movie, makes it difficult for audience members to watch and not question their own day-to-day behaviour.
Peck and McGuire are incredible as the leads, but (and this is a good thing), Jew-bashing has faded as a commonly-experienced social ill.
It's obvious that screenwriter Moss Hart and director Elia Kazan felt strongly about their subject.
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