The Naked and the Dead (film)

The Naked and the Dead
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Written byDenis Sanders
Terry Sanders
Based onThe Naked and the Dead
(1948 novel)
by Norman Mailer
Produced byPaul Gregory
StarringAldo Ray
Cliff Robertson
Raymond Massey
Lili St. Cyr
Barbara Nichols
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byArthur P. Schmidt
Music byBernard Herrmann
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • August 6, 1958 (1958-08-06) (US)[1]
Running time
131 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.5 million[2]

The Naked and the Dead is a 1958 World War II film directed by Raoul Walsh, and based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Norman Mailer. The screenplay was written by brothers Denis and Terry Sanders, and the film was shot in Panama on Technicolor film.[3] The movie adds a strip tease and an action scene to the story in the novel. It is one of the last films produced by RKO before the studio's closure. The film was released by Warner Bros. It was the last film that Walsh directed for Warner Bros.

  1. ^ "The Naked and the Dead: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1958". Variety. 7 January 1959. p. 48. Please note figures are for US and Canada only and are domestic rentals accruing to distributors as opposed to theatre gross
  3. ^ "CinemaScope Derivatives - Superscope 4". Widescreen Museum. Retrieved 2014-06-14.

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