Gentleman's agreement
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| Directed by | Elia Kazan |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by |
Moss Hart Elia Kazan |
| Based on |
Gentleman's Agreement 1947 novel by Laura Z. Hobson |
| Starring |
Gregory Peck Dorothy McGuire John Garfield Celeste Holm June Havoc Anne Revere |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Harmon Jones |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
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Running time
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118 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,985,000 |
| Box office | $7,800,000 |
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 drama film which was based on Laura Z. Hobson's best selling novel of the same name. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on antisemitism in New York City and the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. It was nominated for eight Oscars and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm), and Best Director (Elia Kazan).
The movie was controversial in its time, as was a similar film on the same subject, Crossfire, which was released the same year (though that film was originally a story about homophobia, later changed to antisemitism).
It was released on DVD as part of the 20th Century Fox Studio Classics collection.
Philip Schuyler Green (Gregory Peck) is a widowed journalist who has just moved to New York City with his son Tommy () and mother (Anne Revere). Green meets with magazine publisher John Minify (Albert Dekker), who asks Green, a gentile, to write an article on antisemitism ("some people don't like other people just because they're Jews"). He is not very enthusiastic at first, but after initially struggling with how to approach the topic in a fresh way, Green is inspired to adopt a Jewish identity ("Phil Greenberg") and writes about his first-hand experiences.
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