‘The Hucksters’: The Many Pitfalls of the Advertising World

A relevant classic about self-respect and more than a little greed.

Victor “Vic” Norman (Clark Gable, L) and Evan Llewellyn Evans (Sydney Greenstreet), who might as well be sitting on a throne, in “The Hucksters” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

NR | 1h 55m | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 1947

Some films about men returning from World War II deal specifically with the tribulations they go through while acclimating back to civilian life. Perhaps one of the finest examples is director William Wyler’s 1946 classic postwar drama, “The Best Years of Our Lives,” which followed the lives of several World War II veterans and their families.