The Great Sinner (1949)
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Based loosely on the Dostoyevsky novel, The Gambler stars Gregory Peck as a sensitive 19th-century Russian author. His "great sin" is gambling, which starts when he attempts to rescue aristocratic Ava Gardner from the gaming tables. He succeeds, only to lose himself to gambling fever, which costs him his friends, his reputation and his talent. Director Robert Siodmak was never happy with the screenplay for The Great Sinner, constant revisions bloated the film's rough-cut running time to nearly six hours! After Siodmak pared the film down, MGM insisted that the director reshoot the love scenes. Siodmak refused, thus the new sequences were filmed sans screen credit by Mervin LeRoy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Gregory Peck - Fedja
- Melvyn Douglas - Armand de Glasse
- Ethel Barrymore - Grandmother
- Agnes Moorehead - Emma Getzel
- Ludwig Donath - Doctor
- Ludwig Stossel - Hotel manager
- James Anderson - Nervous Young Man
- André Charlot - Distinguished Man
- Antonio Filauri - Senor Pinto
- Ilka Gruning - Duenna
- Fred Nurney - Porter
- David McMahon - Station Master
- Frank Jaquet - Doorman
- William H. Hawes - Nervous Englishman
- Manfred Furst - Mr. Huber
- John Cortay - Inspector
- Hannelore Axman - Staring Woman
- Bert Hanlon - Porter
- Max Willenz - Policeman
- Walter Rode
- Jeri Jordan - Maid
- Betty Jane Howarth - Girl at Baccarat Table
- Kenneth Tobey - Cabby
- Lotte Stein - Buxom Woman
- Sam Scar - Turk
- Emil Rameau - Fearful Old Man
- Martin Garralaga - Maharajah
- Jean del Val
- Wheaton Chambers - Priest
- Ava Gardner - Pauline Ostrovski
- Walter Huston - Gen. Ostrovski
- Frank Morgan - Aristide Pitard
- Frederick Ledebur - Secretary
- Curt Bois - Jeweler
- Erno Verebes - Hotel Valet
- Sue Casey - Pretty Girl
- Elspeth Dudgeon - Fearful Old Woman
- Everett Glass - Pince-nez Man
- George Paris - Soldier
- Joan Miller - Cold Sexy Woman
- Leonid Kinskey - Band Leader
- Perry Ivins
- Eloise Hardt - Young Girl
- Lorraine Crawford - Pretty Blonde
- June Booth - Couple in Room
- Joe Ploski
- John Arnold - Croupier
- Dick Simmons
- John Piffle - Fat Man
- Thomas Ingersoll
- Charles Wagenheim - Man with Ring
- Bob Stevenson
- Irene Seidner - Woman Vendor
- Vincent Renno - Casino Inspector
- Lisa Golm - Elderly Lady
- Frank Elliott - Englishman
- Sayre Dearing
- Martha Bamattre - Woman Fountain Attendant
- Director(s):
- Robert Siodmak
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Isherwood, Ladislas Fodor
- Producer(s):
- Gottfried Reinhardt
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