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Director:
Writers:
F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Owen Davis (play) ...
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Release Date:
13 July 1949 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A Great Cast... A Great Novel... A Great Motion Picture
Plot:
In this "adaptation" of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, a Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin. full summary | add synopsis
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Runtime:
91 min
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Trivia:
Tyrone Power was set to star with Gene Tierney. This would have been the fourth time they appeared on screen. When Tierney was dropped from production Power dropped out. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999) (TV) more

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Good Stuff, 9 October 1998
Author: buster from milwaukee, wisconsin

This is a pretty good movie that seems to be lost. It contains possible Alan Ladd's fine performance, and is far better than the vapid 1974 remake with Redford.

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