The Carpetbaggers Page #3

Synopsis: George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. The film's title is a metaphor for self-promoting tycoons who perform quick financial takeovers, impose dictatorial controls for short-term profits, then move on to greener pastures.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Edward Dmytryk
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG
Year:
1964
150 min
221 Views


I didn't think it was

my position to tell them.

Mrs. Cord is in her room.

Louise, bring in my robe.

Jonas!

Hi.

Where's Louise?

Downstairs.

Your father wouldn't

like this.

He'll never know.

He will if I tell him.

You won't.

You seem pretty

sure of yourself.

I am.

Jonas, stop that...

What do you think you're...?

Have you gone

out of your mind?

Don't you know

at any minute now,

he could come walking in

that door?

No, he won't.

He won't?

Mrs. Cord, your dearly beloved

husband is dead.

He had a stroke.

He died about...

I better get dressed.

Uh-uh.

I'm not finished.

What is there to finish?

You and me.

Didn't we start out together?

Didn't I bring you home

to show my father my girl?

The only girl?

Oh, Jonas...

Didn't I hold your hand

like a schoolboy?

Never once touching you below

the neck or above the knee.

And in five minutes,

didn't a coarse,

middle-aged rum pot

take you away from me

and straight up to bed?

Oh, Jonas, please...

Now, how did that happen?

What'd he tell you about me?

Jonas, please...

What'd he say?

He said you were too young.

And I don't-don't remember.

Well...

I'm not too young now.

I'm the master,

the head of the house.

And I've stood in line

long enough for you.

You wouldn't dare.

I'll scream. The servant...

Will think

you're screaming with grief.

Oh, Jonas...

Oh, Jonas, Jonas, Jonas...

You want me, Rina?

Oh, yes.

Why now?

Oh, I've always wanted you.

I've always wanted you.

But you chose my father?

I chose money.

I didn't have any.

Oh, Jonas, what

difference does it make?

We can do anything

we want now.

I'm yours any

way you want me.

Oh, love me, Jonas.

Love me, love me, love me.

What for?

You know you want me

more than anything

in the world.

I just wanted to see

how far you'd go

before your late husband

was cold.

I'd go further than

you'd ever dare.

You'd grab at anything now.

Oh, Jonas, you lost me once.

Don't do it again.

The day I take you is when

you've got everything you want--

when you're happy--

when you have nothing to gain

and everything to lose.

You're afraid,

scared you can't make it.

Afraid you're not half the man

that your father was.

And you're not,

you never could be!

You're not a man!

You're just a scared

little boy,

a scared little boy!

Junior!

Junior!

Junior!

Good afternoon.

Why, Mr. McAllister,

we thought you were in Nevada.

I was, four hours ago.

Mr. Moroni in?

Oh, I'm sure he is, but I'm

supposed to say I'll see.

I'll see.

lf Denby looked like that,

he'd still be working for me.

I thought the loan

was being made

to the Cord Chemical Company.

Well, Jonas...

A good banker looks through the

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John Michael Hayes

John Michael Hayes (11 May 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an American screenwriter, who scripted several of Alfred Hitchcock's films in the 1950s. more…

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