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      The Great Sinner

      Released Jun 29, 1949 1 hr. 50 min. Drama List
      Reviews 48% 100+ Ratings Audience Score When accomplished novelist Fedja (Gregory Peck) becomes enamored of the stunningly beautiful and mysterious Pauline (Ava Gardner) on a train to Paris, he abandons his plans and instead goes with her to a German casino. Fascinated by the people he meets there and wanting to remain near Pauline, he decides to study the gamblers as research for his next book. Pauline, however, is a consummate gambler herself, and her addiction slowly pulls Fedja into a world of corruption and lost luck. Read More Read Less

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      Steve D More interested in moralizing than telling a good story. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review Audience Member This production was riddled with problems, yet I'm glad I took a chance on this Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner feature about compulsive gambling. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member a film all about gambling Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Pelicula de fácil visionado con una pareja protagonica en pleno esplendor de su belleza. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member A great cast in a film about the gambling bug--Weisbaden Follies!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A dark, star-studded melodrama directed by Robert Siodmak that's overlong, talky, and very preachy. But with a surprisingly literate screenplay by Christopher Isherwood, it offers some fascinating character complexity that's much more than you'd expect from an old-fashioned Hollywood costume drama, helped along by Sidomak's taut direction and excellent black and white cinematography by George Folsey. Too uneven to really be a classic, but very interesting despite its flaws. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Brings Dostoyevsky down to the level of soap opera. Rated: C- Mar 10, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis When accomplished novelist Fedja (Gregory Peck) becomes enamored of the stunningly beautiful and mysterious Pauline (Ava Gardner) on a train to Paris, he abandons his plans and instead goes with her to a German casino. Fascinated by the people he meets there and wanting to remain near Pauline, he decides to study the gamblers as research for his next book. Pauline, however, is a consummate gambler herself, and her addiction slowly pulls Fedja into a world of corruption and lost luck.
      Director
      Robert Siodmak
      Screenwriter
      Ladislas Fodor, Christopher Isherwood
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 29, 1949, Original