The Human Factor (1979 film)

The Human Factor
Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Directed byOtto Preminger
Written byTom Stoppard
Based onThe Human Factor
1978 novel
by Graham Greene
StarringRichard Attenborough
Derek Jacobi
John Gielgud
Nicol Williamson
CinematographyMike Molloy
Edited byRichard Trevor
Music byRichard Logan
Gary Logan
Production
companies
Sigma Production
Wheel Productions
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release date
  • 18 December 1979 (1979-12-18)
(Los Angeles)
Running time
115 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,500,000
Box office$376,050[1]

The Human Factor is a 1979 British neo noir film starring Nicol Williamson, Robert Morley, and Richard Attenborough, and directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The screenplay is by Tom Stoppard, based on the 1978 novel The Human Factor by Graham Greene.[2] It examines British espionage, and the difficulty of identifying a mole in the ranks of an intelligence service.

This was Preminger's last film.

  1. ^ "The Human Factor (1979) - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com.
  2. ^ BFI.org