---
title: 'The Hucksters (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Conway'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hucksters-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039477/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hucksters (1947)

1947 · 110 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Hucksters is a 1947 American comedy drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr, her debut in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, and Edward Arnold. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The movie is based on the novel The Hucksters by Frederic Wakeman Sr., a skewering of the post-World War II radio advertising industry with Gable's character alternating in pursuit of Kerr and Gardner.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jack Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-conway)
- **Screenplay:** [George Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-wells), [Luther Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/luther-davis), [Edward Chodorov](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-chodorov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lennie Hayton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennie-hayton)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Hornblow, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hornblow-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Frank Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sullivan)

## Cast

- [Connie Gilchrist](https://cinepixo.com/people/connie-gilchrist)
- [Douglas Fowley](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fowley)
- [John McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcintire)
- [Kathryn Card](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-card)
- [Edward Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-arnold)
- [Jimmy Conlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-conlin)
- [Fred Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-sherman)
- [Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-emmett-o-connor)
- [Gloria Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/gloria-holden)
- [George O'Hanlon](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-o-hanlon)
- [Frank Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-albertson)
- [Richard Gaines](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gaines)
- [Sam Ash](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-ash)
- [Clinton Sundberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/clinton-sundberg)
- [Sydney Greenstreet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-greenstreet)

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