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The Hucksters

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The Hucksters
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1hr 55min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1947
Director:
Jack Conway
Starring:
Edward Arnold, Clark Gable, Lillian Bronson  ...more
Synopsis: When he was first offered the film version of the best-selling Frederick Wakeman novel The Hucksters, Clark Gable turned it down, characterizing the book as "filthy and not entertainment." He finally agreed to star in the film after screenwriter Luther Davis' extensive laundering job. Gable plays Vic Norman, a radio advertising executive just returned from World War II. His wartime experiences have soured him on the phony aspects of his profession; nonetheless, he takes a job with the biggest and ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Although The Hucksters softens the Frederick Wakeman novel that is its source, it's still a fairly cynical look at the dog-eat-dog world of advertising, especially for the time in which it was created. The softening does do some damage, especially at the end; but paradoxically, the ending confrontation between Clark Gable and Sydney Greenstreet is so dramatically powerful that it works. Hucksters blends ... Full Review
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Edward Arnold
Dave Lash
Clark Gable
Victor Albee Norman
Lillian Bronson
Miss Hammer
Deborah Kerr
Kay Dorrance
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