What's Your Favorite Gregory Peck movie?

[WI_DEM]

Poll question: What's Your Favorite Gregory Peck movie?

[SiobhanClancy]

1. Gentleman's Agreement was excellent..

although I had to vote for TKAM:)

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. I will have to vote for Gentleman's Agreement

followed by Cape Fear, then Moby Dick

[terrya]

23. In order:

1) To Kill a Mockingbird

2) Gentleman's Agreement

3) MacArthur...and I'm probably the only one here who liked it. But Peck was very, very good in the title role.

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. I bet I'm the only one who votes for

"Twelve O'Clock High."

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is... well, it's a classic. (Duh.) And it's the better film.

But the question was "favorite," not "the best."

I've also been inside the B-17 "Picadilly Lilly" that was used in the teevee series.

[YankeyMCC]

5. Seconded vote here

I first saw it during Officer Training School in the Air Force and I've been facinated by it ever since.

"Gentlemen's agreement" is also very good.

[SeattleGirl]

3. "To Kill A Mockingbird", hands down

It's also one of my top 10 all time favorite movies.

[Callalily]

4. Naturally,

To Kill a Mockingbird, but I saw Cape Fear when I was a kid and it truly frightened me.

[Bzzzz]

7. To Kill a Mockingbird...

is my favorite movie to this very day!

[Callalily]

18. Yes, and my favorite

book. Harper Lee wrote that in 1960. It's a powerful story even now, but can you imagine the reaction when it first was published?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

8. Ditto, scared the crap outta me too. Mitchum's character, not Peck, LOL.

[Callalily]

17. Yes, Mitchum was

great in that pic. Still is unnerving to see, even now!

[Paladin]

6. "Twelve O'Clock High"

I've said it before in this forum, and I'll say it again: Peck's legendary "Pretend you're already dead" speech to his hard-luck WWII bomber squadron in "Twelve O'Clock High" is one of the most riveting bits of cinema ever filmed. Sure, "To Kill A Mockingbird" is the sentimental favorite---but check out "Twelve O'Clock High" to see Peck at the very top of his form.....

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. I never thought of that scene as particularly riveting

No more so than most of the rest of the film.

But the sub-point is taken: Peck was magnificent — in particular his progression from hard-nose commander to, as Maj. Stovall put it, "The only difference between Keith Davenport and Frank Savage is that Savage is about that much taller."

Dean Jagger was also brilliant and won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Maj. Stovall. Gary Merrill (Davenport) was excellent, too.

One other thing: Talking about a guy's arm getting blown off and another's head getting ripped open enough to see his brain was pretty ballsy for a 1949 war film.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

19. When I was in the Navy this film was screened to officers to provide

an ideal example of leadership.

[NNadir]

10. To Kill A Mockingbird moves me every time I see it.

Imagine that, a movie about decency.

"Miss Jean Louise, stand up! Your father is passing."

And Peck walks out of the courtroom without noticing, putting his hat on slowly, lost in thought.

[noonwitch]

27. It's one of the best movies ever made

Not just because of the acting, but because they stuck very close to the original novel and did not change any of the plot for the movie. There are some stories that shouldn't be changed.

[mykpart]

11. Captain Newman, M.D.

Not sure of the year, sometime early to mid 60s. Also had Angie Dickinson, Tony Curtis, and Bobby Darin. Darin was nominated for Academy Award.

[Robeson]

12. "I Walk the Line"...

...was a very well done movie, gritty and realisitc of rural South at the time. Of course, To Kill A Mockingbird is also a classic.

[mykpart]

13. Sorry, just thought of two more that I really love:

Gentlemen's Agreement and Old Gringo.

[Nicole]

14. The Yearling

I also loved him in To Kill a Mockingbird & Roman Holiday.

[pokerfan]

15. Navarone as a runner-up to Mockingbird

"You're in it now! Up to your neck! You're supposed to be some kind of explosives expert. Start proving it! You've got me in the mood to use this thing, so think of something or by God, I'll use it on you."

(Peck to David Niven)

[TheBaldyMan]

16. The Boys From Brazil

God, he was creepy in that movie... a brilliant actor.

[ET Awful]

20. Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.

'Nuff said.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

22. I loved him in the Yearling

a real southern MAN.

[NaturalHigh]

24. Moby Dick was my favorite.

I'm a huge fan of Patrick Stewart, but the remake didn't come close to the original, IMHO.

[momophile]

25. OMG Gregory Peck was beautiful!!

I only first saw him in an old movie last year, in Spellbound, and now my husband and I are slowly working our way thru his movies. He is the most handsome guy I've seen in any older movie.

Funny how I knew who he was as an older man but could never have guessed just how beautiful he was as a young man.

[JitterbugPerfume]

26. To Kill A Mockingbird

stands alone