Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned
Film poster by Richard Amsel
Directed byStuart Rosenberg
Screenplay bySteve Shagan
David Butler
Based onVoyage of the Damned
1974 book
by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
Produced byRobert Fryer
William Hill
StarringFaye 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
CinematographyBilly Williams
Edited byTom Priestley
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byRank 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
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Voyage of the Damned at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ Verrill, Addison (28 July 1976). "Devalued Pound Brings 'Voyage' In Under Budget; Recalls Nazi, and World, 'Hoaxing' of Jews". Variety. p. 4.
  3. ^ Robert Fryer--Clout Plus Taste: ROBERT FRYER Glover, William. Los Angeles Times 22 Dec 1976: e10.
  4. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  5. ^ Thomas, Gordon; Morgan-Witts, Max (1974). Voyage of the Damned. Konecky & Konecky. ISBN 1-56852-579-6.