| The Macomber Affair | |
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| Directed by | Zoltan Korda |
| Produced by | Benedict Bogeaus Casey Robinson Arthur M. Landau (associate producer) |
| Written by | Casey Robinson Seymour Bennett Adaptation: Seymour Bennett Frank Arnold Based on a short story by: Ernest Hemingway ("The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber") |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Joan Bennett |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Editing by | George Feld Jack Wheeler |
| Studio | Benedict Bogeaus Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1947 |
| Running time | 89 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
The Macomber Affair is a 1947 psychological drama set in British East Africa concerning a fatal triangle of a frustrated wife, a weak husband, and the professional hunter who comes between them. The film was distributed by United Artists, directed by Zoltan Korda, and starring by Gregory Peck and Joan Bennett and Robert Preston. The screenplay was written by Casey Robinson and Seymour Bennett. It was adapted by Seymour Bennett and Frank Arnold, based on the short story, entitled "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", by Ernest Hemingway which in turn was inspired by an incident described by J. A. Hunter in his memoir Hunter. It has been called the finest screen adaptation of Hemingway material
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