The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals
Directed by	Anatole Litvak
Screenplay by	Joseph Kessel Paul Dehn Gore Vidal[1] (uncredited)
Based on	The Night of the Generals by Hans Hellmut Kirst and an incident written by James Hadley Chase
Produced by	Sam Spiegel Anatole Litvak
Starring	Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif Tom Courtenay Donald Pleasence Joanna Pettet Philippe Noiret
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Alan Osbiston
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Production companies	Horizon Pictures Filmsonor
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	29 January 1967 (1967-01-29) (London premiere) 10 February 1967 (1967-02-10) (UK) 24 February 1967 (1967-02-24) (US) 1 April 1967 (1967-04-01) (France)
Running time	145 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom France United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,400,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2]

The Night of the Generals is a 1967 World War II mystery movie directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet and Philippe Noiret. It was loosely based on the beginning of the novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst.^[3]

References

1. CNC
2. "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.
3. p.762 Gifford, Dennis The British Film Catalogue Routledge; 1st edition (April 1, 2016)