The Arrangement (film)

The Arrangement
1994 VHS cover
Directed byElia Kazan
Written byNovel/screenplay:
Elia Kazan
Based onThe Arrangement
1967 novel
by Elia Kazan
Produced byElia Kazan
StarringKirk Douglas
Faye Dunaway
Deborah Kerr
Richard Boone
Hume Cronyn
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byStefan Arnsten
Music byDavid Amram
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • November 18, 1969 (1969-11-18) (US)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4 million (US/Canada rentals)[1]

The Arrangement is a 1969 American drama film directed by Elia Kazan, based upon his 1967 novel of the same title.

It tells the story of Evangelos Topouzoglou, a successful Los Angeles-area advertising executive of Greek-American extraction who goes by the professional name "Eddie Anderson” (his second pseudonym). Eddie/Evangelos is portrayed by Kirk Douglas.

Eddie is suicidal and slowly having a psychotic breakdown. He is miserable at home in his marriage to his wife, Florence, played by Deborah Kerr, and with his career. He is engaged in a torrid affair with his mistress and co-worker Gwen (Faye Dunaway), and is forced to re-evaluate his life and its priorities while dealing with his willful and aging father (Richard Boone).

  1. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15