The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

150 mins | Drama | April 8, 1964

When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?

The Carpetbaggers

150 mins | Drama | April 8, 1964

The Carpetbaggers
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount, Embassy Pictures Corporation
Original title The Carpetbaggers
Directors Edward Dmytryk
Writers Harold Robbins, John Michael Hayes

Cast

George Peppard

as Jonas Cord Junior

Alan Ladd

as Nevada Smith

Carroll Baker

as Rina Marlowe Cord

Robert Cummings

as Dan Pierce

Martha Hyer

as Jennie Denton

Elizabeth Ashley

as Monica Winthrop

Lew Ayres

as 'Mac' McAllister

Martin Balsam

as Bernard B. Norman

Ralph Taeger

as Buzz Dalton

Archie Moore

as Jedediah

Leif Erickson

as Jonas Cord Senior

Arthur Franz

as Morrissey

Tom Tully

as Amos Winthrop

Audrey Totter

as Prostitute

Anthony Warde

as Moroni

Charles Lane

as Eugene Denby

Bess Flowers

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ann Doran

as Reporter

Vaughn Taylor

as Doctor

Tom Lowell

as David Woolf

John Conte

as Ed Ellis

Francesca Bellini

as Cynthia Randall

Lisa Seagram

as Moroni's Secretary

Victoria Jean

as Jo Ann Cord

Paul Frees

as Narrator (voice)

Lynn Borden

as Starlet in Restaurant (uncredited)