1949·Drama·1h 50m
7.0
★
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Directed by Robert Siodmak
love triangle
compulsive gambler
multiple lovers
IMDB
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Cast
Gregory Peck
Fedja
Ava Gardner
Pauline Ostrovsky
Melvyn Douglas
Armand De Glasse
Walter Huston
General Ostrovsky
Ethel Barrymore
Grandmother Ostrovsky
Frank Morgan
Aristide Pitard
Agnes Moorehead
Emma Getzel
Friedrich von Ledebur
Casino Secretary
Ludwig Donath
Doctor
Curt Bois
Jeweler / Money Lender
Ludwig Stössel
Hotel Manager
Ernö Verebes
Hotel Valet
Crew
Robert Siodmak
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Co-Director
Ladislas Fodor
Screenplay
Christopher Isherwood
Screenplay
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Irene
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Popular Reviews
10 reviews
Maranda
5.0★ · 01/31/26
Never thought I’d see Gregory Peck be unlikeable lol
Never thought I’d see Gregory Peck be unlikeable lol
christy
6.0★ · 08/04/25
The Great Sinner takes you along with Gregory Peck to a gambling resort where everyone is insane and Ava Gardner and Walter Huston live there and are also insane. I swear nearly every scene in this is either just about gambling or romance. It does have its moments but it suffers from predictability so there's not really any suspense during the gambling scenes. Nobody acts how a normal person would act, but I can forgive it for a film in this genre.
I loved the gowns Gardner wears in this. Irene was fantastic.
Ava Gardner plays a pretty good femme fatale but here it just doesn't hit as hard. She changes herself way too quickly as Peck is changing himself. I think I'm going to revisit The Killers again now. The world premiere of The Great Sinner was held in my hometown so I had to give it a shot.
I loved the gowns Gardner wears in this. Irene was fantastic.
Ava Gardner plays a pretty good femme fatale but here it just doesn't hit as hard. She changes herself way too quickly as Peck is changing himself. I think I'm going to revisit The Killers again now. The world premiere of The Great Sinner was held in my hometown so I had to give it a shot.
The Great Sinner takes you along with Gregory Peck to a gambling resort where everyone is insane and Ava Gardner and Walter Huston live there and are also insane. I swear nearly every scene in this is either just about gambling or romance. It does have its moments but it suffers from predictability so there's not really any suspense during the gambling scenes. Nobody acts how a normal person would act, but I can forgive it for a film in this genre.
I loved the gowns Gardner wears in this. Irene was fantastic.
Ava Gardner plays a pretty good femme fatale but here it just doesn't hit as hard. She changes herself way too quickly as Peck is changing himself. I think I'm going to revisit The Killers again now. The world premiere of The Great Sinner was held in my hometown so I had to give it a shot.
I loved the gowns Gardner wears in this. Irene was fantastic.
Ava Gardner plays a pretty good femme fatale but here it just doesn't hit as hard. She changes herself way too quickly as Peck is changing himself. I think I'm going to revisit The Killers again now. The world premiere of The Great Sinner was held in my hometown so I had to give it a shot.
Colin
4.0★ · 01/21/24
Both stars are for Ava Gardner
Both stars are for Ava Gardner
k
5.0★ · 06/16/26
k
5.0★ · 06/15/26