Gregory Peck

Dorothy McGuire

John Garfield

Celeste Holm

Anne Revere

June Havoc

Albert Dekker

Jane Wyatt

Dean Stockwell

Nicholas Joy

Sam Jaffe

Harold Vermilyea

Ransom M. Sherman

Virginia Gregg

Roy Roberts

Franklyn Farnum

John Newland

Lee MacGregor

Elia Kazan

Moss Hart

Alfred Bruzlin

Roger Heman Sr.

Harmon Jones

Laura Z. Hobson

Darryl F. Zanuck

Arthur C. Miller

Mark-Lee Kirk

Lyle R. Wheeler

Paul S. Fox

Thomas Little

Kay Nelson

Ben Nye

Alfred Newman

Drama

Gentleman's Agreement

20th Century Fox

United States of America

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...

English

Gentleman's Agreement ≣ 1947 ≣ Trailer

Gentleman's Agreement Trailer