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Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

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Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 5

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.

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1

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.

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Adapted by Moss Hart from the novel by Laura Z. Hobson, this film stars Gregory Peck as recently widowed journalist Phil Green. With a growing son (Dean Stockwell) to support, Green is receptive to the invitation of magazine publisher John Minify (Albert Dekker) to write a series of hard-hitting articles on the scourge of anti-Semitism. In order to glean his information first hand, Green decides to pose as a Jew. As the weeks go by, Green experiences all manner of prejudice, the most insidious

PG, 1 hr. 58 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Elia Kazan

Written By: Moss Hart

In Theaters: Nov 11, 1947 Wide

On DVD: Mar 7, 2000

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

Gregory Peck
Phil Green
Dorothy McGuire
Kathy Lacey
John Garfield
Dave Goldman
Celeste Holm
Anne Dettrey
June Havoc
Miss Wales
Dean Stockwell
Tommy Green
Anne Revere
Mrs. Green
Wilton Graff
Maitre d'
Albert Dekker
John Minify
Sam Jaffe
Prof. Lieberman
Curt Conway
Bert McAnny
Morgan Farley
Clerk
Nicholas Joy
Dr. Craigle
Victor Kilian
Olsen
Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Minify
Louise Lorimer
Miss Miller
Howard Negley
Tingler
John Newland
Bill
Roy Roberts
Mr. Calkins Hotel Manag...
Ransom Sherman
Bill Payson
Harold Vermilyea
Jordan Personnel Manage...
Robert Warwick
Weisman
Frank Wilcox
Harry
Jane Wyatt
Jane Lacey
Olive Carey
1st woman
Olive Deering
Virginia Gregg
3rd Woman
Mauritz Hugo
Columnist
Robert Karnes
1st Ex-GI in restaurant
Marion Marshall
Guest
Jesse White
Elevator Starter
Gene Nelson
2nd Ex-G.I
Jane Green
2nd woman
Marilyn Monk
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Critic Reviews for Gentleman's Agreement

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (26) | Rotten (5) | DVD (10)

The movie is as powerful today as when it captured the Best Picture Oscar a few years after Hitler's genocide ended in Europe.

August 17, 2010 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Gentleman's Agreement is an important experiment, honestly approached and successfully brought off.

February 18, 2009 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

Top Critic

It looks pretty timorous now.

February 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

[A] brilliant and powerful film.

February 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Hobe Morrison

Variety

Top Critic

The film still has abundant meaning and should be fully and widely enjoyed.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Top Critic

While this multi-Oscar-winning film was controversial at the time of its release, it now seems overly preachy.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

You'd think a 60-year-old movie about prejudice would be pass� by now. You'd be wrong.

May 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Habit

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Marty Mapes

Movie Habit

[It] remains a classic crusading film.

December 12, 2006 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

An incisive look at the effects of anti-Semitism and the attempts to stamp it out.

October 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

Tame and too hopeful by today's standards, but Kazan's message drama was important in 1947, representing one of the first time that the word Jew was explicity used in a Hollywood picture.

July 15, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Good performances, however, particularly from Garfield and Holm.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Preachy but effective indictment of anti-Semitism

January 18, 2005 Comment

Dan Lybarger

Nitrate Online

A frightening time capsule of ethnic intolerance.

July 21, 2004 Comment

Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

Verdadeiro tratado sociol�gico sobre a intoler�ncia e o preconceito, o filme continua a impressionar por sua ambi��o e por se manter atual quase 60 anos depois de realizado.

April 3, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

The film does try to tackle a subject matter that has not been covered too well by Hollywood at the time, and for that alone it should be commended.

January 21, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

I definitely can't fault Gentleman's Agreement for its subject matter, but man, does it ever beat you over the head with it.

October 26, 2003 Comment

Matt Easterbrook

Matt's Movie Reviews

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Very serious piece about silent prejudice, where the usual hallmarks of bigotry are hidden under a polished but greasy veneer of smiling good manners. Ahead of its time by decades at least, the crux of the tale interestingly happens inside of a blossoming love affair between two we-know-better-than-that cosmopolitans,

September 10, 2011

moon rivers

Super Reviewer

Back when it was released during the late 1940s, this film was really quite something. It was a serious drma which tackled the issue of prejudice, specifically anti-semitism, something that really struck a chord given the historical evetns of the years preceeding it's release. I can see why it won some Oscars

May 16, 2011

Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

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