A Terrible Beauty (film)

A Terrible Beauty
(The Night Fighters)
U.S. poster
Directed byTay Garnett
Screenplay byR. Wright Campbell
Based onA Terrible Beauty
1958 novel
by Arthur J. Roth
Produced byRaymond Stross
Robert Mitchum (uncredited)
StarringRobert Mitchum
Richard Harris
Dan O'Herlihy
Anne Heywood
Cyril Cusack
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byPeter Tanner
Music byCedric Thorpe Davie
Production
companies
D.R.M. Productions, Inc.
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • June 17, 1960 (1960-06-17)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget£241,732[1]

A Terrible Beauty (also known as The Night Fighters) is a 1960 drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Robert Mitchum, Anne Heywood, Dan O'Herlihy and Richard Harris.[2] It was adapted from a 1958 novel of the same name written by Arthur Roth.[3] The film was an international co-production between Mitchum's production company, D.R.M., and that of producer Raymond Stross.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  2. ^ The Night Fighters at Turner Classic Movies
  3. ^ Arthur Roth, 67, Dies; Novelist and Columnist