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Bookmark this pageThe Great Sinner (1949)
Director: Robert Siodmak
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From Time Out Film Guide
The year is 1860, the great sin is gambling, and the sinner (Peck) is a young novelist, 'Fyodor', if you will. Isherwood had a hand in the script, which unceremoniously culls episodes and characters from Dostoevsky's youth, Crime and Punishment, and The Gambler. Unfortunately, this prestigious MGM production is heavy-going and overdone. Moorehead plays a bleary pawnbroker; Barrymore, Morgan and Huston are roulette fiends; Gardner is the love interest. They're all out of luck.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Robert Siodmak
Producer: Gottfried Reinhardt
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Agnes Moorehead, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 110 mins
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