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The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American film starring George Peppard as a character based largely on Howard Hughes and Alan Ladd as Nevada Smith, a former western gunslinger turned actor who recreated the role the following year in a prequel starring Steve McQueen. Carroll Baker played an actress who was influenced by Jean Harlow, who appeared in John Hughes' film Hell's Angels. The Carpetbaggers was directed by Edward Dmytryk, shot in 70mm, and was Alan Ladd's penultimate picture before his death a few months later. In the film, George Peppard plays a hard-working industrialist who is reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds planes, directs movies, and breaks hearts, his friends and loves struggle to connect with him on a human level. The title of the film is a metaphor for self-promoters who undertake rapid financial takeovers, impose totalitarian regulations for short-term profits, and then move on to greener pastures.