The Scapegoat (1959 film)

The Scapegoat
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Hamer
Written byRobert Hamer
Gore Vidal
Based onThe Scapegoat
1957 novel
by Daphne du Maurier
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringAlec Guinness
Nicole Maurey
Bette Davis
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byJack Harris
Music byBronislau Kaper
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Du Maurier-Guinness
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • 6 August 1959 (1959-08-06) (US)
  • 30 August 1959 (1959-08-30) (UK)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$943,000[1]
Box office$1,195,000[1]

The Scapegoat is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness, Nicole Maurey and Bette Davis.[2][3][4] The screenplay was by Hamer and Gore Vidal based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ "The Scapegoat". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  3. ^ "The Scapegoat (1959)". Archived from the original on 25 April 2017.
  4. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.