Gentleman's Agreement

A brave, courageous, fascinating film is Gentleman's Agreement... Here is a picture that must be seen by bigots as well as men of good will; by hypocrites as well as understanding Americans if its message is to be fully appreciated.

It is genuinely fine in every respect and it, happily, is much better than the original book from which it was made.

Casting is perfect, from the mightiest roles to the smallest. No detail is omitted, and the plot, a close teamwork of love and problem, is so arresting it holds the audience spellbound.

We are well equipped to respond to its refinements, so that by an ironic little process of logic we can assert the proposition that only for us does this film achieve the traditional Hollywood objective of all films, namely, sheer entertainment.

Gentleman's Agreement isn't the first film to tackle the subject of racial prejudice on the screen, but it carries on the fight with effective weapons.