The Carpetbaggers
1963 · Movie · 150 min. · United States
George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. The film's title is a metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for short-term profits, then move on to greener pastures.
Direction Edward Dmytryk
Cast George Peppard · Carroll Baker · Alan Ladd · Robert Cummings · Martha Hyer · Elizabeth Ashley · Lew Ayres · Martin Balsam · Ralph Taeger · Archie Moore
Soundtrack Elmer Bernstein
Screenplay John Michael Hayes · Harold Robbins
Cinematography Joseph MacDonald
Original title The Carpetbaggers
6.6
419 votes (FilmAffinity)
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