The Carpetbaggers (1964)

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Harold Robbins (novel)
John Michael Hayes (writer)

Release Date:

9 abril 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

This is adult entertainment!

Plot:

Jonas Cord is a disagreeable rich young tycoon on the corporate make, with some subplots about booze, broads and Hollywood in the 1930's.

Plot Keywords:

Showbiz | Stepmother | Power | Attorney | Fashion Model

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A TYCOON'S LIFE IN EPIC PROPORTIONS

Cast

George Peppard	...	Jonas Cord
Alan Ladd	...	Nevada Smith
Robert Cummings	...	Dan Pierce (as Bob Cummings)
Martha Hyer	...	Jennie Denton
Elizabeth Ashley	...	Monica Winthrop
Lew Ayres	...	'Mac' McAllister
Martin Balsam	...	Bernard B. Norman
Ralph Taeger	...	Buzz Dalton
Archie Moore	...	Jedediah
Leif Erickson	...	Jonas Cord Sr.
Carroll Baker	...	Rina Marlowe Cord
Arthur Franz	...	Morrissey
Tom Tully	...	Amos Winthrop
Audrey Totter	...	Prostitute
Anthony Warde	...	Moroni

También conocida como:

Insaciables, Los (Mexico) (cable TV title) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

150 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (35 mm optical prints) (Westrex Recording System) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (re-rated) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:17 (censored version) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (re-rating) (1972) | USA:Approved (original rating)

Company:

Embassy Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

One of the actresses tested for the lead role was Katharine Ross, who was working in a theater group in San Francisco at the time and was brought down to Los Angeles to test. She didn't get the part, but executives at Universal Pictures saw her test, liked it and signed her to a long-term contract.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: As Dan and Rina Marlowe drive from the train station, circa 1927, there are a couple of 1940s cars parked in driveways in the background.

Quotes:

Jonas Cord: What's the wildest thing you've ever done?
Monica Winthrop: I hope I haven't done it yet.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1964-06-28)" (1964)

A TYCOON'S LIFE IN EPIC PROPORTIONS

Based on the best seller by Harold Robbins, this tale of ruthless tycoon Jonas Cord Jr. is no doubt the apparent life story of Howard Hughes. Though the raunchy sexual escapades in the novel have been all but dropped, this was considered very adult and daring at the time of its initial release in 1964. George Peppard plays Jonas Cord Jr. In the first opening scenes, we're treated to a young carefree Jonas with little on his mind except sex and thrills. This soon changes when his father dies of a sudden heart attack and leaves Jr. his vast holdings. Jonas takes dad's ample assets and sets his sights on multiplying everything in as quickly and as calculatingly a manner as possible. He also thinks nothing of toying with his late father's sexy young widow, Rina played by Carroll Baker. He buys her out and sends her packing. Alan Ladd is longtime mentor & friend Nevada who watches these shenanigans from the sidelines and cleans up the mess. Elizabeth Ashley is wonderful as Monica, whom Jonas marries, only to neglect when he tires of her desire to become a mother. Robert Cummings is very effective as a slimy agent, and the always outstanding Martin Balsam is equally as good as a Harry Cohn like studio head. Martha Hyer, who usually plays cool well bred blondes, is surprisingly convincing as call girl Jennie Denton. Small parts are very well played by Leif Erickson, Audrey Totter, and Lew Ayres. Great musical score by Elmer Bernstein, and terrific photography by Joseph MacDonald. This movie is like having a television mini series rolled into a 2& half hour movie.