The Carpetbaggers1964
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
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Cast
as Jonas Cord
as Rina Marlowe Cord
as Dan Pierce
as Nevada Smith
as Jennie Denton
as Monica Winthrop
as McAllister
as Bernard B. Norman
as Buzz Dalton
as Jedediah
as Jonas Cord Sr.
as Morrissey
as Amos Winthrop
as Prostitute
as Moroni
as Denby
as David Woolf
as Ellis
as Doctor
as Cynthia Randall
as French Nurse
as Starlet
as Jo-Ann
as Bellboy
as Gambler
as Moroni's Secretary
as Woman Reporter
as Sound Man
as Assistant Director
as Theater Manager
as Reporter
as Dan Pierce
Critic Reviews for The Carpetbaggers
All Critics (7) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (5) | DVD (1)
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.
The sleazy pulp film was a blockbuster smash hit upon its release, proving to Hollywood that bad taste pays big dividends.
One of the all-time great potboilers featuring a powerhouse performance by the always underrated George Peppard.
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.
Audience Reviews for The Carpetbaggers
Glossy junk.
Super Reviewer
It 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?
Super Reviewer
The Carpetbaggers Quotes
| Jonas Cord Sr.: | A man is judged by what's in his head, not in his bed. |