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Is the film The Carpetbaggers true to the book? I remember seeing it on tv in the early 1980’s but thought it was to violent and turned it off.

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Joe Maybe you're thinking of the film The Adventurers also based on a Harold Robbin's novel? That one is about a South American playboy and a civil war. T…moreMaybe you're thinking of the film The Adventurers also based on a Harold Robbin's novel? That one is about a South American playboy and a civil war. The Carpetbaggers is about the beginnings of Hollywood and a Howard Hughes type main character. (less)

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