The Hucksters (1947) (original) (raw)
Vic Norman is an advertising executive, a snappily suited huckster who dreams up ways of singing his clients� praises and selling their wares. Principles? That�s something the ad biz isn�t selling this year. Clark Gable portrays Norman, struggling to preserve his integrity while hustling to serve the whims and demands of a deep-pocketed client (Sydney Greenstreet) who, noted the New York Herald Tribune, �thinks of America as a blank space between New York and Hollywood where people buy soap.� Deborah Kerr (�rhymes with star� said the film�s publicity) and Ava Gardner join in an often funny ...(more)
Vic Norman is an advertising executive, a snappily suited huckster who dreams up ways of singing his clients� praises and selling their wares. Principles? That�s something the ad biz isn�t selling this year. Clark Gable portrays Norman, struggling to preserve his integrity while hustling to serve the whims and demands of a deep-pocketed client (Sydney Greenstreet) who, noted the New York Herald Tribune, �thinks of America as a blank space between New York and Hollywood where people buy soap.� Deborah Kerr (�rhymes with star� said the film�s publicity) and Ava Gardner join in an often funny look at Madison Avenue. Gable, Kerr, Gardner, Greenstreet: If they�re selling, we�re buying! (less)
Director: Jack Conway
Writers: Frederic Wakeman, Luther Davis, Edward Chodorov, George Wells
Starring: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn
Producer: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
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