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The Great Gatsby

Elliott Nugent

1949 • 1h 31m

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsb...

The Great Gatsby

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Cast

Alan Ladd

Alan LaddJay Gatsby

Betty Field

Betty FieldDaisy Buchanan

Macdonald Carey

Macdonald CareyNicholas 'Nick' Carraway

Ruth Hussey

Ruth HusseyJordan Baker

Barry Sullivan

Barry SullivanTom Buchanaan

Howard Da Silva

Howard Da SilvaWilson

Shelley Winters

Shelley WintersMyrtle Wilson

Henry Hull

Henry HullDan Cody

Ed Begley

Ed BegleyMyron Lupus

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.Klipspringer

Nicholas Joy

Nicholas JoyDrunken Guest at Party

Walter Greaza

Walter GreazaKinsella

Tito Vuolo

Tito VuoloMavromichaelis

Ray Walker

Ray WalkerReal Estate Man

Diane NancePamela

Crew

Elliott Nugent

Elliott NugentDirector

Sam Comer

Sam ComerSet Decoration

Owen Davis

Owen DavisTheatre Play

Richard Maibaum

Richard MaibaumScreenplay

Wally Westmore

Wally WestmoreMakeup Supervisor

Edith Head

Edith HeadCostume Design

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott FitzgeraldNovel

John F. Seitz

John F. SeitzDirector of Photography

Lewis Allen

Lewis AllenSecond Unit Director

Michael D. Moore

Michael D. MooreSecond Assistant Director

Sidney Cutner

Sidney CutnerOrchestrator

Van Cleave

Van CleaveOrchestrator

Miklós Rózsa

Miklós RózsaAdditional Music

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