The Thin Red Line (1964 film)

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The Thin Red Line
Directed by	Andrew Marton
Screenplay by	Bernard Gordon
Based on	The Thin Red Line by James Jones
Produced by	Philip Yordan Sidney Harmon
Starring	Keir Dullea Jack Warden James Philbrook Kieron Moore
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer
Edited by	Derek Parsons
Music by	Malcolm Arnold
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date	May 2, 1964 (1964-05-02)
Running time	99 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	under $1 million[1]

The Thin Red Line is a 1964 American war film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Keir Dullea, Jack Warden, James Philbrook, and Kieron Moore. Based on James Jones's 1962 novel of the same name, the film follows the lives of a number of American soldiers during the battle of Guadalcanal.

The black-and-white film was shot in Spain. Bernard Gordon's screenplay of Jones's work concentrates on the relationship between the young rule-breaking, "survival-at-any-cost", Pvt. Doll (Keir Dullea) and the older veteran 1st Sgt. Welsh (Jack Warden).

In 1998, Terrence Malick directed a second film adaptation of the novel, which received critical acclaim.