Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm), and Best Director (Elia Kazan).
Plot
Widowed journalist Philip Schuyler Green moves to New York City with his aging mother and his young son Tommy. Phil meets with magazine publisher John Minify, who asks Green, a gentile, to write an article on antisemitism. At first, he is not enthusiastic about the story.
Awards
Cast
- Albert Dekker
- Anne Revere
- Celeste Holm
- Dean Stockwell
- Dorothy McGuire
- Frank Wilcox
- Franklyn Farnum
- Gene Nelson
- Gregory Peck
- Harold Vermilyea
- Jane Wyatt
- Jesse White
- John Garfield
- John Newland
- June Havoc
- Kathleen Lockhart
- Louise Lorimer
- Morgan Farley
- Nicholas Joy
- Olive Deering
- Robert Warwick
- Sam Jaffe
- Victor Kilian
- Virginia Gregg
- Wilton Graff