Madison Avenue (film)

Madison Avenue
Film poster
Directed byH. Bruce Humberstone
Screenplay byNorman Corwin
Based onThe Build Up Boys
1951 novel
by Jeremy Kirk
Produced byH. Bruce Humberstone
Starring
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byBetty Steinberg
Music byHarry Sukman
Production
company
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox
Release date
  • April 13, 1961 (1961-04-13) (UK)
Running time
90 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Madison Avenue is a 1961 CinemaScope drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain and Eleanor Parker. The film was completed in 1960 but was not released immediately. On April 13, 1961, Madison Avenue opened at the Rialto Cinema in London's West End for a two-week run.[1] In late April, the film had a UK general release as part of a double bill with The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.[2] The film was not seen in the United States until January 1962.

  1. ^ The Times online archive
  2. ^ Eyles, Allen (2005). Odeon vol.2: From J. Arthur Rank to the Multiplex. London: CTA/BFI Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 1-84457-048-7.