The Final Programme (film)

The Final Programme
Directed byRobert Fuest
Written byRobert Fuest
Based onThe Final Programme
by Michael Moorcock
Produced byJohn Goldstone
Sandy Lieberson
StarringJon Finch
Jenny Runacre
Hugh Griffith
Patrick Magee
Music byBeaver & Krause (Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause)
Production
companies
Goodtimes Enterprises
Gladiole Films
Distributed byAnglo-EMI Film Distributors Ltd./MGM-EMI Distributors Ltd. (UK)
New World Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • 4 October 1973 (1973-10-04) (UK)
  • 1974 (1974) (US)
Running time
94 mins (UK)
76 mins (US)
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Budget£222,143[1]
Box office£291,885[1]

The Final Programme (U.S. title The Last Days of Man on Earth) is a 1973 British fantasy science fiction film directed by Robert Fuest, and starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre.[2] It was based on the 1968 Jerry Cornelius novel of the same name by Michael Moorcock. It is the only Moorcock novel to have reached the screen.

  1. ^ a b Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 357. Income is distributor's receipts, combined domestic and international, as at 31 Dec 1978.
  2. ^ "The Final Programme". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 August 2024.