The Split (film)

The Split
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGordon Flemyng
Screenplay byRobert Sabaroff
Based onThe Seventh
by Richard Stark
Produced byRobert Chartoff
Irwin Winkler
StarringJim Brown
Diahann Carroll
Julie Harris
Ernest Borgnine
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byRita Roland
Music byQuincy Jones
Production
company
Spectrum
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 4, 1968 (1968-11-04)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Split is a 1968 American neo-noir[1] crime drama film directed by Gordon Flemyng. It was written by Robert Sabaroff, based upon the Parker novel The Seventh by Richard Stark (a pseudonym of Donald E. Westlake).

The film stars Jim Brown, along with Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates, Donald Sutherland and Gene Hackman. The music is by Quincy Jones.

  1. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5