Gentleman's Agreement
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Critics Sentiment
Dave Goldman moves in with the Greens after his war service
Kathy refuses to rent her Darien cottage to Dave's family
The film's biggest emotional drop occurs when Kathy refuses to rent her cottage to Dave's family, falling from the high of Phil experiencing discrimination to the moral low point of his fiancée's revealed prejudice.
Gentleman's Agreement follows a steady upward trajectory through Phil's bold investigative premise and John Garfield's compelling supporting performance, reaching its peak with Dave Goldman's introduction. The film then experiences its most dramatic decline during Kathy's cottage refusal, which critics saw as the moral center of the story. While the ending provides some redemption, reviewers were divided on whether the resolution fully addressed the weighty issues the film had raised.
Full cast
Gregory Peck
Philip Schuyler Green
Dorothy McGuire
Kathy Lacy
John Garfield
Dave Goldman
Celeste Holm
Anne Dettrey
Anne Revere
Mrs. Green
June Havoc
Elaine Wales
Albert Dekker
John Minify
Jane Wyatt
Jane
Dean Stockwell
Tommy Green
Nicholas Joy
Dr. Craigie
Sam Jaffe
Professor Fred Lieberman
Harold Vermilyea
Lou Jordan
Ransom M. Sherman
Bill Payson
Virginia Gregg
Third Woman
Roy Roberts
Mr. Calkins
Franklyn Farnum
Party Guest
John Newland
Bill
Lee MacGregor
Bellboy
Crew
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