Movie: The Macomber Affair

Top 10 Billed Cast

Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck

Robert Wilson

Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett

Margaret Macomber

Robert Preston
Robert Preston

Francis Macomber

Reginald Denny
Reginald Denny

Police Inspector

Jean Gillie
Jean Gillie

Aimee

Carl Harbord
Carl Harbord

Coroner

Frederick Worlock
Frederick Worlock

Clerk

Vernon Downing
Vernon Downing

Reporter Logan

Darby Jones
Darby Jones

Masai Warrior (uncredited)

Martin Wilkins
Martin Wilkins

Bartender (uncredited)

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  • Overview

    A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

  • Release Date

    1947-04-20

  • Average

    6.2

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
  • Tagline

    Peck...Bennett...Hemingway...only all three together could create this electric love story...with a vengeance!

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  • Languages:

    EnglishKiswahili
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