---
title: 'The Carpetbaggers (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Dmytryk'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-carpetbaggers-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057917/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Carpetbaggers (1964)

1964 · 150 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the best-selling 1961 novel The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins and starring George Peppard as Jonas Cord, a character based loosely on Howard Hughes, and Alan Ladd in his last role as Nevada Smith, a former Western gunslinger turned actor. The supporting cast features Carroll Baker as a character loosely based on Jean Harlow as well as Martha Hyer, Bob Cummings, Elizabeth Ashley, Lew Ayres, Ralph Taeger, Leif Erickson, Archie Moore and Tom Tully.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Dmytryk](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-dmytryk)
- **Screenplay:** [Harold Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-robbins), [John Michael Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-michael-hayes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Joseph E. Levine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-e-levine)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald)
- **Editor:** [Frank Bracht](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-bracht)

## Cast

- [Lew Ayres](https://cinepixo.com/people/lew-ayres)
- [Arthur Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-franz)
- [Don "Red" Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-red-barry)
- [George Peppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-peppard)
- [Elizabeth Ashley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-ashley)
- [Archie Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-moore)
- [Carroll Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-baker)
- [Martin Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-balsam)
- [Lisa Seagram](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-seagram)
- [Robert Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cummings)
- [Martha Hyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-hyer)
- [Alan Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-ladd)
- [Leif Erickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leif-erickson)
- [Ann Doran](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-doran)

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