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A journalist assigned to write a series of article on anti-semitism. Searching for an angle, he finally decides to pose as a Jew-and soon discovers what is to be a victim of religious intolerance.
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Elia Kazan directed this sometimes powerful study of anti-Semitism in nicer circles, based on Laura Z. Hobson's post-World War II novel. Gregory Peck is a hotshot magazine writer who has been blind to the problem; to ferret it out, he passes himself off as Jewish and watches the WASPs squirm. Seen a half-century later, the attitudes seem quaint and dated: Could it really have been like this? Yet the truth of the story comes through, in the wounded dignity of John Garfield, the upright indignation of Peck, and the hidden ways bigotry and hatred can poison relationships. That's particularly true in the Oscar-winning performance of Celeste Holm, who finds more layers than you'd expect in what seems like a stock character. --Marshall Fine
Gentleman's Agreement Customer Review
Gentleman's Argeement is one of the great classics. It was winner of Oscar in 47 and shot in black & white. I would like to say the theme of discrimanation is just as real today only in some oppisite way. It has gone to be more open I'm afraid. If you like "To Kill a Mockingbird" you'll like this film. It presents human choices from an adult propective and asks the question why. There are answers, but I think each person comes up with there own answer.
This is a must see film. I highly recommend it.
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