The Proud and Profane

The Proud and Profane
Original film poster
Directed byGeorge Seaton
Screenplay byGeorge Seaton
Based onMagnificent Bastards
1953 novel
by Lucy Herndon Crockett
Produced byWilliam Perlberg
Starring
CinematographyJohn F. Warren
Edited byAlma Macrorie
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Perlberg-Seaton Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 13, 1956 (1956-06-13)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.9 million[1]

The Proud and Profane is a 1956 American romantic drama film directed by George Seaton and starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr with Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin, William Redfield and Peter Hansen in supporting roles. It was made by William Perlberg-George Seaton Productions for Paramount Pictures released in theaters on June 13, 1956.[2] The film was and produced by William Perlberg, from a screenplay by George Seaton, based on the 1953 novel The Magnificent Bastards by Lucy Herndon Crockett.[3] [4]

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NY Times was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Crockett, Lucy Herndon (January 1954). The Magnificent Bastards (1st ed.). New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ASIN B000JC5L44.
  4. ^ "The Proud and Profane". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved November 12, 2023.