Libel (film)

Libel
1959 Theatrical Poster
Directed byAnthony Asquith
Written byAnatole de Grunwald
Karl Tunberg
Based onLibel!
1934 play
by Edward Wooll
Produced byAnatole de Grunwald
StarringDirk Bogarde
Olivia de Havilland
Paul Massie
Robert Morley
Wilfrid Hyde-White
CinematographyRobert Krasker
Edited byFrank Clarke
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
company
De Grunwald Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 23 October 1959 (1959-10-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$615,000[1]
Box office$1,170,000[1]

Libel is a 1959 British drama film[2][3] directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley.[4] The screenplay was by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg from a 1935 play of the same name by Edward Wooll.[5]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Variety film review; 21 October 1959, page 6.
  3. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; 24 October 1959, page 170.
  4. ^ "Libel". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ^ Libel!, written by Edward Wooll and directed by Anthony Asquith, played on Broadway for 159 performances in 1935-1936. ​Libel​ at the Internet Broadway Database

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