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The Carpetbaggers

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?

1964 |2h 30m |  Drama

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Cast

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George Peppard

Jonas Cord Junior

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Alan Ladd

Nevada Smith

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Carroll Baker

Rina Marlowe Cord

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Robert Cummings

Dan Pierce

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Martha Hyer

Jennie Denton

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Elizabeth Ashley

Monica Winthrop

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Lew Ayres

'Mac' McAllister

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Martin Balsam

Bernard B. Norman

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Ralph Taeger

Buzz Dalton

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Archie Moore

Jedediah

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Leif Erickson

Jonas Cord Senior

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Arthur Franz

Morrissey

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Tom Tully

Amos Winthrop

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Audrey Totter

Prostitute

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Anthony Warde

Moroni

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Charles Lane

Eugene Denby

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Bess Flowers

Wedding Guest

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Ann Doran

Reporter

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Vaughn Taylor

Doctor

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Tom Lowell

David Woolf

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John Conte

Ed Ellis

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Francesca Bellini

Cynthia Randall

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Lisa Seagram

Moroni's Secretary

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Paul Frees

Narrator (voice)

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Lynn Borden

Starlet in Restaurant

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$40,000,000.00