Sunrise at Campobello

Sunrise at Campobello
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVincent J. Donehue
Screenplay byDore Schary
Based onSunrise at Campobello
1958 play
by Dore Schary
Produced byDore Schary
StarringRalph Bellamy
Greer Garson
Hume Cronyn
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byGeorge Boemler
Music byFranz Waxman
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 28, 1960 (1960-09-28)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sunrise at Campobello is a 1960 American biographical film telling the story of the struggles of future President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and his family when Roosevelt was stricken with paralysis at the age of 39 in August 1921. Based on Dore Schary's 1958 Tony Award-winning Broadway play of the same name, the film was directed by Vincent J. Donehue and stars Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn and Jean Hagen.

The film was produced with the cooperation of the Roosevelt family. Eleanor Roosevelt was present on the set during location shooting at the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York.