Exodus (1960 film)
1960 film by Otto Preminger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Exodus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film about the founding of the State of Israel. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger, the screenplay was adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the 1958 novel of the same name by Leon Uris. The film stars an ensemble cast including Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek and George Maharis. The film's soundtrack music was written by Ernest Gold.
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Directed by | Otto Preminger |
Screenplay by | Dalton Trumbo |
Based on | Exodus by Leon Uris |
Produced by | Otto Preminger |
Starring | Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson Peter Lawford Sal Mineo Jill Haworth Lee J. Cobb John Derek |
Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
Music by | Ernest Gold |
Production companies | Carlyle-Alpina, S.A. |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 208 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $4.5 million[3] |
Box office | $8.7 million (US/ Canada)[4] $20 million (worldwide)[3] |
Preminger openly hired screenwriter Trumbo, who had been on the Hollywood blacklist for over a decade for being a Communist and forced to work under assumed names. Together with Spartacus, also written by Trumbo, Exodus is credited with ending the practice of blacklisting in the US motion picture industry.