Of Human Bondage (1964 film)

Of Human Bondage
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Hughes
'additional scenes by
Henry Hathaway
Uncredited:
Bryan Forbes
Written byBryan Forbes
Based onOf Human Bondage
1915 novel
by W. Somerset Maugham
Produced byJames Woolf
StarringKim Novak
Laurence Harvey
CinematographyOswald Morris
Denys Coop
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music byRon Goodwin
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 23 September 1964 (1964-09-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,750,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

Of Human Bondage is a 1964 British drama film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Kim Novak and Laurence Harvey in the roles played by Bette Davis and Leslie Howard three decades earlier in the original film version. This MGM release, the third screen adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel, was written by Bryan Forbes from the novel by Somerset Maugham.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965, p. 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross.