The Carpetbaggers
35 reviews
Drama
2h 30m
1964
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly...
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When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
- DirectorEdward Dmytryk
- Release8 April 1964
- GenreDrama
- Duration2h 30m
- Budget?
- Revenue$40,000,000
- Rate35 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures, Embassy Pictures Corporation
Cast

George Peppard
Jonas Cord Junior

Alan Ladd
Nevada Smith

Carroll Baker
Rina Marlowe Cord

Robert Cummings
Dan Pierce

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 Senior

Arthur Franz
Morrissey

Tom Tully
Amos Winthrop

Audrey Totter
Prostitute

Anthony Warde
Moroni

Charles Lane
Eugene Denby

Bess Flowers
Wedding Guest

Ann Doran
Reporter

Vaughn Taylor
Doctor

Tom Lowell
David Woolf

John Conte
Ed Ellis

Francesca Bellini
Cynthia Randall

Lisa Seagram
Moroni's Secretary

Paul Frees
Narrator (voice)

Lynn Borden
Starlet in Restaurant
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