UW Cinematheque - Film Noir Double Features

Cast: Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey. In the second big-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark jazz age novel, Ladd portrays the dreaming, scheming nouveau riche title character and Field is Daisy, the object of Gatsby’s obsession. Less faithful to the book than the other movie versions, veteran director Nugent’s shadowy take places emphasis on the story’s gangsters and violence.