The Sun Also Rises (1957 film)

The Sun Also Rises
Australian film poster
Directed byHenry King
Screenplay byPeter Viertel
Based onThe Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
StarringTyrone Power
Ava Gardner
Mel Ferrer
Errol Flynn
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byWilliam Mace
Music byHugo Friedhofer
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • August 23, 1957 (1957-08-23)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[1]
Box office$3,815,000 (US rentals)

The Sun Also Rises is a 1957 American drama film adaptation of the 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel of the same name directed by Henry King. The screenplay was written by Peter Viertel and it starred Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, and Errol Flynn. Much of it was filmed on location in France and Spain as well as Mexico in Cinemascope and color by Deluxe. A highlight of the film is the famous "running of the bulls" in Pamplona, Spain and two bullfights.[2]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 2.
  2. ^ The Sun Also Rises at IMDb.