The Last Angry Man | |
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Directed by | Daniel Mann |
Written by | Richard Murphy (adaptation) |
Screenplay by | Gerald Green |
Based on | Gerald Green (novel) |
Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
Starring | Paul Muni David Wayne Betsy Palmer Luther Adler Claudia McNeil Joby Baker |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Edited by | Charles Nelson |
Music by | George Duning |
Production company | Fred Kohlmer Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,675,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
The Last Angry Man is a 1959 American drama film that tells the story of a television producer who profiles the life of a physician. It stars Paul Muni (in his last film appearance), David Wayne, Betsy Palmer, Billy Dee Williams (in his film debut), and Godfrey Cambridge.
The movie was scripted by Richard Murphy from the novel by Gerald Green (who also adapted it), and was directed by Daniel Mann.
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor (Paul Muni) and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Carl Anderson, William Kiernan).[2]
The film was remade in 1974 as an ABC Movie of the Week with Pat Hingle in the lead role.