Elia Kazan – American Film Institute
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT film still of Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire

GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947) – AFI Movie Club

Directed by Elia Kazan and based on Laura Z. Hobson’s bestselling novel, GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947) is an award-winning film that stars American Film Institute Founding Chair and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Gregory Peck as a journalist who decides to pose as Jewish in order to experience anti-Semitism firsthand and understand the plight of those who are religiously persecuted. Visit the...
A Street Car Named Desire Film Still - Marlon Brando and Kim Hunter

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) – AFI Movie Club

Adapted from Tennessee Williams’ play by director Elia Kazan, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951) stars Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando, both named by the American Film Institute among cinema’s greatest screen legends – the latter ranking at #4 of all time. Other accolades from AFI include inclusion on both of the institute’s vaunted lists of...
Gentleman's Agreement Film Still - John Garfield and Dorothy McGuire

AFI Movie Club: GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT

Directed by Elia Kazan and based on Laura Z. Hobson’s bestselling novel, GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT is an award-winning film that stars American Film Institute Founding Chair and AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Gregory Peck as a journalist who decides to pose as Jewish in order to experience anti-Semitism firsthand and understand the plight of those who are religiously persecuted. HOW TO WATCH...
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