The two “really regrettable” movies Gregory Peck wished he’d never made: “I must have been looking the other way”

Gregory Peck named *Only the Valiant* and *I Walk the Line* as the two films he most regretted making, despite his usual reluctance to criticise his own work. His comments show how decisions made by producers and studios could shape a film, and leave even a celebrated actor dissatisfied with the result.

Peck said he was contractually committed to make *Only the Valiant* for producer David O. Selznick, who transferred the obligation to another studio without telling him in time for him to withdraw. He objected to *I Walk the Line* because the final cut removed its prologue and epilogue, which he felt were essential to the story, while Johnny Cash’s songs repeated points already shown on screen.