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{{quote|''Ma, I've got it! I've got the idea, the angle, the lead! I'll be Jewish! Why, all I've got to do is just say it. No one around here knows me. I can live with myself for six weeks, eight weeks, nine months. Ma, this is it!''|'''Phil Green'''}}
'''''Gentleman's Agreement''''' is a 1947 film starring [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Dorothy McGuire]]. Peck plays
''Gentleman's Agreement'' won the [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture in 1947, and was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2017.
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* [[Black Like Me]]: The whole premise, and a fair bit older than the [[Trope Namer]]. Phil doesn't disguise himself or act differently in any way (which is part of the point, really) -- all he does is say he's Jewish -- and people treat him very differently.
* [[Informed Judaism]]: No part of Phil's act involves, say, attending a synagogue, or anything other than just saying he's Jewish. There is next to no discussion about what religious Jews actually believe or actual cultural traits. It's one of the stranger uses of this trope, considering.
* [[Some of My Best Friends Are X]]: When one of Phil's coworkers tries this after assuming Phil would've been in P.R. during [[World War Two|the war]] as opposed to having been a G.I., Anne has a succint reply:
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* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: Phil's secretary, Elaine Wales/Estelle Wilovsky. She's unhappy that she couldn't get a job under her real name, but when Phil arranges for the magazine to have fairer hiring practices, she's immediately concerned that more "kikey" Jews will ruin the job for the "good ones," like Phil and herself. Phil does not take kindly to this.
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: Minify's opinion of Phil's pen name. He claims he wouldn't give it to a dog.
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