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The Carpetbaggers is a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 film of the same title. The prequel Nevada Smith (1966) was also based on a character in the novel. In the United States, the term "carpetbagger" refers to an outsider relocating to exploit locals. [1]
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the best-selling 1961 novel The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins and starring George Peppard as Jonas Cord, a character based loosely on Howard Hughes, and Alan Ladd in his last role as Nevada Smith, a former Western gunslinger turned actor.
The Carpetbaggers: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer. Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
Jonas, who has lived for years in fear of hereditary insanity because of his twin brother who died, insane, in infancy, then learns from Nevada that the infant was not a full brother; he then returns to Monica, who learned the truth years before, to begin a new life with their daughter.
May 19, 2014 · The Carpetbaggers. Drama • 1964 • 2 hr 30 min. English audio. Lurid melodrama based on the best-selling novel by Harold Robbins. Set in the aviation industry and Hollywood in the 1930s, the film...
The Carpetbaggers (1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies, and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side--and find that it's an uphill battle.
