The Great Gatsby (1949)

Synopsis: The second screen adaptation (after the silent 1926 version) of Fitzgerald's story features a fine performance by Ladd in the Nick Carraway role. A searching young man observes the Jazz Age society of Long Island as go-between for an... The second screen adaptation (after the silent 1926 version) of Fitzgerald's story features a fine performance by Ladd in the Nick Carraway role. A searching young man observes the Jazz Age society of Long Island as go-between for an upwardly mobile gangster and a frivolous woman trying to rekindle a romantic spark. [More]

Starring: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey

Starring: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey, Barry Sullivan, Howard Da Silva, Shelley Winters, Henry Hull, Ed Begley, Elisha Cook, Nicholas Joy, Walter Greaza

Director: Elliott Nugent

Director: Elliott Nugent
Story: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Screenwriter: Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum
Composer: Robert Emmett Dolan
Producer: Richard Maibaum

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