A Separate Peace (film)

A Separate Peace
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLarry Peerce
Written byJohn Knowles
Fred Segal
Based onA Separate Peace by John Knowles
Produced byRobert A. Goldston
Otto Plaschkes
StarringJohn Heyl
Parker Stevenson
Narrated byParker Stevenson
CinematographyFrank Stanley
Edited byJohn C. Howard
Music byCharles Fox
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 1972 (1972-09-27)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,250,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[1]

A Separate Peace is a 1972 American drama film directed by Larry Peerce. It was adapted by John Knowles and Fred Segal (brother of actor George Segal) from Knowles's best-selling novel, about the conflicted friendship of two boarding-school students. The film stars Parker Stevenson and John Heyl.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 60