Original title: The Hucksters
Year: 1947
Country: USA
Region code: A/B/C
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 840418360484
Image: 1.37:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio: English - DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama / Classic
Cast: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner
Director: Jack Conway
Synopsis:
Fresh out of uniform after World War Il, smooth-talking veteran Victor "Vic" Norman (Clark Gable) returns to Manhattan determined to conquer the cutthroat world of Madison Avenue on his own terms. He fast talks his way into a high-paying executive position at a prestigious radio advertising agency managed by the anxious Mr. Kimberly (Adolphe Menjou). However, Vic quickly discovers that his massive salary comes with an even larger headache: Evan Llewellyn Evans (Sydney Greenstreet), the tyrannical, eccentric, and utterly ruthless tycoon behind Beautee Soap.
Tasked with orchestrating a high-stakes marketing campaign that satisfies Evans' bizarre whims, Vic is forced to navigate an industry built on bluster, blackmail, and compromise. Along the way, his professional and personal principles are put to the ultimate test as he finds his affections torn between Kay Dorrance (Deborah Kerr), a refined and dignified British war widow, and Jean Ogilvie (Ava Gardner), a sultry, down-to-eath nightclub singer from his past.
Based on Frederic Wakeman's scathing, bestselling novel, director Jack Conway's The Hucksters (1947) remains a prescient and remarkably sharp, cynical, and darkly funny indictment of 'big business'. Highlighted by a dazzling performance from Gable that awakened his inimitable on-screen charisma, the film also famously served as the vehicle for the American film debut of the unforgettable Deborah Kerr.
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