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Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title. The film is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut.
Gentleman's Agreement: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm. A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) In producer Darryl F. Zanuck's and director Elia Kazan's serious, preachy Best Picture-winning social drama - a landmark film - and an historically-significant and tough expose of post-war anti-Semitism:
Gentleman's Agreement. When journalist Phil Green (Gregory Peck) moves to New York City, he takes on a high-profile magazine assignment about anti-Semitism.
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Gentlemen’s Agreement, (1907), U.S.-Japanese understanding in which Japan agreed not to issue passports to emigrants to the United States, except to certain categories of business and professional men.
Upon receiving an assignment to write a series of articles on antisemitism in the U.S. after World War II, he begins telling people that he is of Jewish faith. He falls in love with Kathy Lacy, played by Dorothy McGuire, and reveals to her the secret antisemitic ways of thinking she has.
Seventy-five years ago, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT took home Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress.