| The Adventurers | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Screenplay by | Michael Hastings Lewis Gilbert |
| Based on | The Adventurers by Harold Robbins |
| Produced by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Starring | Charles Aznavour Alan Badel Candice Bergen Thommy Berggren Delia Boccardo Ernest Borgnine Rossano Brazzi Olivia de Havilland Bekim Fehmiu Anna Moffo Leigh Taylor-Young |
| Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
| Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
| Music by | Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 177 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $12 million[1] |
| Box office | $7,750,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
The Adventurers is a 1970 American epic adventure drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Lewis Gilbert. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins.
The film stars Bekim Fehmiu, Candice Bergen, Charles Aznavour, Olivia de Havilland, Fernando Rey, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Badel, and Leigh Taylor-Young. The film was the American film debut of Yugoslavian actor Fehmiu and was shot in Europe and parts of South America. It is loosely based on the life of Dominican diplomat and playboy Porfirio Rubirosa.
Lewis Gilbert did the movie under a lucrative contract he had signed with Paramount following the success of Alfie. He called The Adventurers "the worst thing I ever did" and that the book was "impossible".[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Interview with Lewis Gilbert Side 12". British Entertainment History Project. 1996.