Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned
Film poster by Richard Amsel
Directed by	Stuart Rosenberg
Screenplay by	Steve Shagan David Butler
Based on	Voyage of the Damned 1974 book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
Produced by	Robert Fryer William Hill
Starring	Faye Dunaway Max von Sydow Oskar Werner Malcolm McDowell Orson Welles James Mason Lee Grant Katharine Ross Luther Adler Michael Constantine Denholm Elliott José Ferrer Lynne Frederick Helmut Griem Julie Harris Wendy Hiller Paul Koslo Nehemiah Persoff Fernando Rey Leonard Rossiter Maria Schell Victor Spinetti Janet Suzman Sam Wanamaker Ben Gazzara
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Tom Priestley
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production company	ITC Entertainment
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom) AVCO Embassy Pictures (United States)
Release dates	19 December 1976 (1976-12-19) (Premiere) 22 December 1976 (1976-12-22) (Los Angeles and New York City) [1]
Running time	155 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$7.3 million[2][3]
Box office	$1,750,000[4]

Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, Lynne Frederick and Malcolm McDowell.

The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner St. Louis carrying Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts.^[5] The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the U.S.