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Jonas Cord
Nevada Smith
Rina Marlowe Cord
Dan Pierce
Jennie Denton
Monica Winthrop
Critic Reviews for The Carpetbaggers
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (6)
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The film was a blockbuster back in 1964 and could have been seen as the last word in silver screen sleaze ... at least as far as mainstream America was concerned.
April 19, 2003 | Full Review… -
Even the downright smuttiness of The Carpetbaggers has an engaging period innocence.
March 16, 2020 | Full Review… -
The one bit of life in the film, the wife (Elizabeth Ashley) is played with a Broadway flippancy that spares us the feeling that something good may be getting hurt.
January 24, 2020 | Full Review… -
The Carpetbaggers has the outsize awfulness of Holly- wood at its worst, multiplied by a large cast and much supposedly shocking action that clearly comes from the much more outspoken novel.
July 12, 2018 | Full Review… -
The sleazy pulp film was a blockbuster smash hit upon its release, proving to Hollywood that bad taste pays big dividends.
March 30, 2007 | Rating: C | Full Review… -
One of the all-time great potboilers featuring a powerhouse performance by the always underrated George Peppard.
October 8, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
Audience Reviews for The Carpetbaggers
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Aug 28, 2007It would be so fucking awesome if TCM and my cable company could synchronize their watches so I won't miss the end of any movies my DVR records. Because of this I invested 2 1/2 hours of my life only to miss the last 2 minutes of The Carpetbaggers. This isn't to say I completely wasted my time because I really dug what I saw. Picture Russ Meyer making a cleaned-up, yet trashy mixture of Citizen Kane, Written on the Wind and The Aviator. George Peppard plays a megalomaniacal asshole, Carroll Baker plays the opportunistic slut trying to do right and Alan Ladd plays the leathery, alcoholic father figure. The score is good and you know you're in for some fun from as early as the sensationalist title sequence--because really, what can you expect from shots of clouds at 10,00 feet with oversaturated red lettering flying at you?Michael G Super Reviewer
The Carpetbaggers Quotes
Jonas Cord Sr.: | A man is judged by what's in his head, not in his bed. |
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