The High Bright Sun

The High Bright Sun
Directed byRalph Thomas
Written byIan Stuart Black
Bryan Forbes (uncredited)[1]
Based onnovel The High Bright Sun by Ian Stuart Black
Produced byBetty E. Box
StarringDirk Bogarde
Susan Strasberg
George Chakiris
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byAlfred Roome
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production
company
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • February 1965 (1965-02)
Running time
114 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The High Bright Sun is a 1964 British action film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris and Susan Strasberg.[2] It is set in Cyprus during the EOKA uprising against British rule in the 1950s. It was based on a 1962 novel by Ian Stuart Black.[3]

The film was released in the US as McGuire, Go Home.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Box was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "The High Bright Sun (1965)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.