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Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
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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...
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This was one of the first Hollywood films to deal with anti-Semitism. It won the Best Picture Oscar and made Gregory Peck a huge star.
The story follows a reporter (Peck) who decides to go undercover as a Jew to see what it feels like to be hated because of his religion. Peck is good, if not great, in a still and...
(complete Gentleman's Agreement review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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