In the 1947 movie,“The Hucksters”an advertising executive (Clark Gable) tricks a talent agent (Edward Arnold) into a wager that results in Arnold’s agent’s turning over his contract to represent a mediocre performer, Buddy Hare (Keenan Wynn). That contract had suddenly become valuable because Clark Gable’s boss wanted Hare to star in a new show — something Gable knew but Arnold didn’t.
Arnold found out that he had been tricked but he turned the contract over anyway … because he had given his word.
Nearly a half century later, in the 1996 movie, “Jerry McGuire,” Tom Cruise played a sports agent trying […]
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