Clark Gable

Deborah Kerr

Sydney Greenstreet

Adolphe Menjou

Ava Gardner

Keenan Wynn

Edward Arnold

Aubrey Mather

Richard Gaines

Frank Albertson

Douglas Fowley

Clinton Sundberg

Gloria Holden

Connie Gilchrist

Kathryn Card

Lillian Bronson

Vera Marshe

Ralph Bunker

Virginia Dale

Jimmy Conlin

John McIntire

Robert Emmett O'Connor

George O'Hanlon

Theodore von Eltz

Anne Nagel

Marie Windsor

Richard Abbott

Charles Abraham

John Albright

Sam Ash

Vangie Beilby

William Benedict

Nan Bennett

Hoffis Better

Frank Bingman

Henry Blair

Harriett Brest

Betty Callender

Harry Cheshire

Edwin Cooper

John Daheim

Bert Davidson

Eugene Baxtor Day

Drew Demorest

Phil Dunham

Madge Erwin

Nellie Farrell

Almeda Fowler

Dink Freeman

Rudy Germane

Mahlon Hamilton

John Hiestand

Fred Howard

Joseph Kearns

Eugene Lay

Frank Leigh

Cathy Lewis

Sydney Logan

Wilbur Mack

Eddie Marr

Vera Martin

David McKim

Sammy McKim

David Merritt

Jerry Miley

Byron Morgan

Charles Peck

Dianne Perrine

Lillian Randolph

Jean Ransome

Jack Rice

Gordon Richards

Joe Sawaya

Erin Selwyn

Violet Seton

Fred Sherman

Ransom M. Sherman

Robert Skelton

Agnes Steele

Florence Stephens

Cedric Stevens

Tom Stevenson

Mary Stuart

Joan Valerie

Barrett Whitelaw

Chief Yowlachie

George Wells

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Frederic Wakeman

Luther Davis

Jack Conway

Edward Chodorov

Urie McCleary

Cedric Gibbons

Edwin B. Willis

Harold Rosson

Lennie Hayton

Frank Sullivan

Douglas Shearer

John Waters

Wally Heglin

Jack D. Moore

A. Arnold Gillespie

Sydney Guilaroff

Sid Sidman

Irene

Jack Dawn

Warren Newcombe

Eugene Joseff

Drama

Romance

Comedy

The Hucksters

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

English

CinemaSerf

Clark Gable ("Victor Norman") returns from WWII to rekindle his career in advertising. His cunning plan involves the glamorous war widow Deborah Kerr ("Kay"), nervous old ad agency boss "Mr. Kimberly" (Adoplhe Menjou), some considerable perspicacity and a whole load of soap. The latter element is provided by the wonderfully odious "Evan Llewellyn Evans" (Sydney Greenstreet,) the shrewd, but ghastly, owner of the most popular brand of beauty soap for whom Gable engages Kerr to star in an advertisement. Much to everyone's surprise, the entrepreneur rather likes the end product and "Norman" looks like his new, highly paid, career is set fair. Meantime, he has completely fallen for "Kay", but his methods of courtship lack, shall we say, finesse or style! Will he get the big job and/or the girl? Does he even want the big job an/or the girl? Wakeman's novel sets up the shallowness of the advertising industry for a good kicking: it's manipulation of those it considers the "sheep" (i.e us) to buy whatever rehashed nonsense they choose to offer us, is presented in a frequently quite comical - certainly quite cynical - fashion, with Greenstreet superb as the thoroughly unpleasant boss surrounded by his band of acolytes calling out "check" when he seeks their nominal agreement for his decisions. Jack Conway let's the star own the film - the dialogue is quickly delivered; and there is the merest hint of chemistry between him and his new to Hollywood co-star, who could have been doing with a little more substance to her part. Edward Arnold chips in well too, and there is an early outing for keenan Wynn as "Buddy Hare"- the kind of comic that has me reaching for my shotgun! It's a bit on the long side, the story runs out of steam a bit - but its still well worth watching.

The Hucksters

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