Review of The Hucksters (1947) by Phil P — 08 Jun 2009
The Hucksters (1947).
Victor Norman (Clark Gable) is a veteran, home from the war and anxious to get back to his work in the advertising game. One ad man, Mr. Kimberly (Adolphe Menjou) is interested in giving him a job but has Vic prove himself by getting a prominent war widow, Kay Dorrance (Deborah Kerr) to endorse a brand of beauty soap.
The owner of the Soap company Evan Evans, (Sydney Greenstreet) is a difficult, ball buster of a client and has his own ideas how he wants to sell his soap. Evan wants to produce a radio comedy show, hosted by a second rate vaudevillian, Buddy Hare (Keenan Wynn) and Vic needs to do all of the work that this entails. Vic is sent off to Hollywood to do Evan's bidding. Will Vic sell his soul to the Ad game, or can he still be his own man?
This is really a surprisingly good romantic comedy. Clark Gable's scenes with Eva Gardner are sizzling as are the ones with American new-comer, Deborah Kerr. This is well worth a look.
This review of The Hucksters (1947) was written by Phil P on 08 Jun 2009.
The Hucksters has generally received positive reviews.
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