| The Fan | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Fan_1949_poster.jpg) 1950 US Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Screenplay by | Walter Reisch Dorothy Parker Ross Evans |
| Based on | Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Starring | Jeanne Crain Madeleine Carroll George Sanders Richard Greene |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | Louis Loeffler |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Fan is a 1949 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger, starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, and Richard Greene. The screenplay by Dorothy Parker, Walter Reisch, and Ross Evans is based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. The play had been filmed several times before, with a 1916 silent film, a later adaptation by Ernst Lubitsch in 1925 as well as versions in Spanish and Chinese.