| The Macomber Affair | |
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| Directed by | Zoltan Korda |
| Screenplay by | Seymour Bennett Casey Robinson Adaptation: Frank Arnold |
| Based on | The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber 1936 Cosmopolitan by Ernest Hemingway |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus Casey Robinson |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Joan Bennett Robert Preston |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Edited by | George Feld Jack Wheeler |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
Production company | Benedict Bogeaus Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.6 million[1] |
The Macomber Affair is a 1947 American adventure drama film starring Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston.[2] 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.[a]
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