| The Devil's Disciple | |
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| Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
| Screenplay by | John Dighton Roland Kibbee |
| Based on | The Devil's Disciple 1897 play by George Bernard Shaw |
| Produced by | Harold Hecht |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Peter Leeds |
| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard |
| Edited by | Alan Osbiston |
| Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $1.8 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
The Devil's Disciple is a 1959 British-American film adaptation of the 1897 George Bernard Shaw play The Devil's Disciple. The Anglo-American film was directed by Guy Hamilton, who replaced Alexander Mackendrick,[3] and starred Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. Mary Grant designed the film's costumes.
Lancaster and Douglas made several films together over the decades, including I Walk Alone (1948), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Seven Days in May (1964) and Tough Guys (1986).
- ^ Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Da Capo 2000 p 190
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
- ^ "The Devil's Disciple". The Sticking Place. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2021.