Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Cast
Alan Ladd
Jay Gatsby
Betty Field
Daisy Buchanan
Macdonald Carey
Nicholas 'Nick' Carraway
Ruth Hussey
Jordan Baker
Barry Sullivan
Tom Buchanaan
Howard Da Silva
Wilson
Shelley Winters
Myrtle Wilson
Henry Hull
Dan Cody
Ed Begley
Myron Lupus
Elisha Cook Jr.
Klipspringer
Nicholas Joy
Drunken Guest at Party
Walter Greaza
Kinsella
Tito Vuolo
Mavromichaelis
Ray Walker
Real Estate Man
Diane Nance
Pamela
Jack Lambert
Reba
Jack Gargan
Gold Pro
Laura Mason
Twin
Jean Romer
Twin
Ed Agresti
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Alban
Patent Medicine King (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Waiter (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Businessman at Accident (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Party Guest (uncredited)
Bruce Carruthers
One of Gatsby's Servants (uncredited)
Edward Clark
One of Gatsby's Servants (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Cunningham
Cop (uncredited)
Carole Mathews
Ella Cody (uncredited)
Crew
Elliott Nugent
Director
Cyril Hume
Screenplay
Richard Maibaum
Screenplay, Producer, Second Unit Director
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Novel
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Floyd Knudtson
Assistant Editor
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Bud Brill
Second Assistant Director
Michael D. Moore
Second Assistant Director
Herbert Coleman
Assistant Director
Otto Pierce
Camera Operator
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Bert McKay
Casting
Edith Head
Costume Design
Edith Keon
Hairstylist
Nellie Manley
Hairstylist
Lenore Weaver
Hairstylist
Hal Lierley
Makeup Artist
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Lewis Allen
Second Unit Director
Gordon Rayburn
Sound Recordist
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound
Walter Oberst
Sound
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Irmin Roberts
Special Effects
Jan Domela
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Robert Emmett Dolan
Music Director, Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Additional Music
Gerard Carbonara
Additional Music
Miklós Rózsa
Additional Music
Leo Shuken
Additional Music, Orchestrator
Irving Cooper
Dialogue Coach
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Roy Kreuger
Props
Jack Koffman
Still Photographer
William J. Hole Jr.
Script Supervisor
Fred True
Grip
Walt Taylor
Gaffer
Frank Caffey
Production Manager
Richard Johnston
Production Manager
Charles Woolstenhulme
Production Manager
Bill Cunningham
Publicist
Owen Davis
Theatre Play
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Sidney Cutner
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Van Cleave
Orchestrator
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