Gloria (1980 film)

Gloria
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Cassavetes
Written byJohn Cassavetes
Produced bySam Shaw
StarringGena Rowlands
Julie Carmen
Buck Henry
John Adames
CinematographyFred Schuler
Edited byGeorge C. Villaseñor
Music byBill Conti
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 1980 (1980-10-01)
Running time
122 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[citation needed]
Box office$4.9 million[2]

Gloria is a 1980 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by John Cassavetes. It tells the story of a gangster's former girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have.[3][4] It stars Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Buck Henry, and John Adames.

The film had its world premiere at the 37th Venice International Film Festival, winning the Golden Lion, the festival's top prize, in a tie with Atlantic City by Louis Malle.

  1. ^ "Gloria (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 29, 1980. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Gloria (1980)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. ^ MUBI Collection: CRACKED EMOTIONS: TWO BY JOHN CASSAVETES|MUBI
  4. ^ Brody, Richard (July 11, 2013). "Gloria". The New Yorker.