With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm. Gregory Peck in a production still from "Gentleman's Agreement," released in theaters on this date in 1947.On his third goaround with Oscar, he demonstrates a sense of devotion to the material at hand which I hadn't seen in The Keys of the Kingdom and The Yearling. Revised January 2024. "Gentleman's Agreement". "Gentleman's Agreement" was Hollywood's first major and most impactful exploration of antisemitism. It was Gentleman's Agreement, starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and John Garfield, which among many other awards won the Oscar for best picture in 1947. Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton. Directors: Robert Mulligan. The Goodman Theatre Archive, Production History Files document mainstage, studio, and children's theater productions at the Goodman Theatre from 1925 to 2001.