Sundown (1941 film)

Sundown
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byCharles G. Booth
Barré Lyndon
Produced byJack Moss
Walter Wanger
StarringGene Tierney
Bruce Cabot
George Sanders
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byMiklós Rózsa
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 16, 1941 (1941-10-16)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.2 million[1]
Box office$873,808[1]
Jeni Le Gon and Gene Tierney in Sundown (1941)

Sundown is a 1941 American war drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot and George Sanders.[2] It was produced by Jack Moss and Walter Wanger, written by Charles G. Booth and Barré Lyndon, and released by United Artists. Set in British East Africa, the film's adventure story was well received by critics, earning three Academy Award nominations, but it was a failure at the box office.[3]

  1. ^ a b Bernstein 2000, p. 441.
  2. ^ Film review: 'Sundown'. Variety; October 15, 1941, p. 8.
  3. ^ Film review: 'Sundown'. Harrison's Reports, October 25, 1941, p. 171.