Albert Dekker, Anne Revere, Celeste Holm

Phil Green is a magazine writer who decides to write a series of articles exposing anti-Semitism. After failing to achive an in-depth grasp of the problem, he pretends to be Jewish in order to experie...( read more  read more... )nce the hostility of bigots first-hand.

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Unrated, 118 min.

Directed by: Elia Kazan

Release Date: November 11, 1947

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DVD Release Date: March 7, 2000

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  • July 6, 2009
    In 1947, I have no doubt it was a damning indictment of racial bigotry. But today it just feels smug and very dull. Personally I have always found it hard to get through anyway. Celeste Holm is the sole reason for sitting through this one again - and maybe Dorothy McGuire. Granit...( read more)e-faced Peck remains an enigma to me. He only ever succeeds in sending me to sleep.
  • February 13, 2008
    almost like watching an educational video... something outta R.E. classes from secondary school! i couldn't rate this as more than a 3 although it's good because i think it was a bit immature. i can understand the scene at the hotel... where they refused phil green (pecks charact...( read more)er) a room but the part where his girlfriend is talking to his jewish mate about a joke at the dinner table. to wanna speak out about that is a little over-zealous! now i aint racist, but i aint politically correct. i know what a joke is and i know what serious is. almost makes me think the writer of this movie took everything seriously and didn't have a sense of humour. what about all the englishman, scotsman and irishman jokes? they're jokes!!! fook me! anyway, i've had my lil' rant now and quietened down. the film in itself was okay despite the aforementioned fault. i thought pecks acting was top notch and the rest of the cast supported him to a high standard. it wasn't boring at all
  • June 9, 2007
    I love the message of this movie. This I think is the best of several social issue movies from the 40's. Well written and really makes you think before you assume intelligent people would not be prejudice. Similar message to Crash, though not such complex intersecting storylin...( read more)es, it is just as powerful at times.
  • September 26, 2008
    Anti-racist film evolving a perpetual egoism from Kazan's side,continuing relentlessly till we reach the culminating step with America,America.Whimsical and tragic in many circumstances,a picture where the major flaw stands on Dorothy McGuire's extravaganza.Holm is exceptional in...( read more) a roller coaster part,Kazan's direction of his actors is always top-class.
  • July 13, 2008
    Um... so I fell asleep... but I got the general idea from waking up at some parts... annnnd... ya... I don't know Gregory Peck is always good... definitely felt like a sleeper... heh
  • August 24, 2009
    i. love. gregory. peck. end of story. this movie was really good, posed a lot of intriguing points, it is kind of dated and i feel like they could have pushed the envelope further and explored anti-semitism more, but overall it was good.
  • August 17, 2009
    I understand the historical importance and I like Gregory Peck but watching it now, looks like a usual black and white class on ethics and behavior. Was good for its time.
  • August 12, 2009
    Good movie.

    Celeste Holm is wonderful!
  • June 11, 2009
    Filme sobre como é sentir o anti-semitismo na pele.
  • March 27, 2009
    Gregory Peck posing as a Jewish Man to fight antisemitism, how much better can you get?

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