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The Hucksters is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Conway released in USA on 27 august 1947 with Clark Gable
The Hucksters (1947)
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Add to a movie listThe Hucksters is a 1947 MGM film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable that marked the debut of Deborah Kerr in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold and Ava Gardner. The movie is based on the novel The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman, Sr.
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Victor Norman (Clark Gable) is a radio advertising executive just back from World War II and looking for a job in his old field. He literally throws his money out the hotel window, telling the hotel valet that being down to his last fifty dollars "will help me seem sincere about not needing a job." On his way to his interview, he stops and spends thirty-five of those dollars on a "sincere" hand-painted necktie.Actors
Clark Gable
(Victor Albee Norman)
Deborah Kerr
(Kay Dorrance)
Sydney Greenstreet
(Evan Llewellyn Evans)
Adolphe Menjou
(Mr. Kimberly)
Ava Gardner
(Jean Ogilvie)
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