The Night of the Generals
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| Directed by | Anatole Litvak |
| Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
| Screenplay by |
Joseph Kessel Paul Dehn |
| Based on |
The Night of the Generals by James Hadley Chase |
| Starring |
Peter O'Toole Omar Sharif Tom Courtenay Donald Pleasence Joanna Pettet Philippe Noiret |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Alan Osbiston |
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Horizon Pictures
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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145 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom France USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,400,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
The Night of the Generals
1962 novel
by Hans Hellmut Kirst
The Night of the Generals is a 1967 Franco-British-American Second World War crime mystery film 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. The screenplay by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn was loosely based on the beginning of the novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. The writing credits also include the line "based on an incident written by James Hadley Chase". Gore Vidal is said to have contributed to the screenplay, but was not credited.
The musical score was composed by Maurice Jarre. Parts of this western-made film were shot on actual location in Warsaw, which at the time, was behind the Iron Curtain because of the Cold War. The last scenes of the film were shot in Munich.
The murder of a prostitute in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 causes Abwehr Major Grau (Omar Sharif) to start an investigation, as she was also a German agent. His evidence soon points to the killer being one of three German general officers: General von Seidlitz-Gabler (Charles Gray); General Kahlenberge (Donald Pleasence), his chief of staff; and General Tanz (Peter O'Toole). Grau's investigation, however, is cut short by his summary transfer to Paris at the instigation of these officers.
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