The Macomber Affair

Based On the book by Ernest Hemingway

The Macomber Affair is a 1947 American adventure drama film starring Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston. Directed by Zoltan Korda and distributed by United Artists, it portrays a fatal love triangle set in British East Africa between a frustrated wife, a weak husband, and the professional hunter who comes between them. The screenplay was written by Casey Robinson and Seymour Bennett and adapted by Bennett and Frank Arnold, based on "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", the 1936 Ernest Hemingway short story. The film was re-released in 1952 by Lippert Pictures as The Great White Hunter.

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Release date:

1947

Director:

Zoltan Korda

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Reginald Denny, Frederick Worlock

Genre:

Drama, Film noir

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1947 in adaptations