| Town Without Pity | |
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 Original German theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Gottfried Reinhardt |
| Screenplay by | George Hurdalek Jan Lustig Silvia Reinhardt Dalton Trumbo (uncredited) |
| Based on | Das Urteil by Manfred Gregor |
| Produced by | Eberhard Meichsner Gottfried Reinhardt |
| Starring | Kirk Douglas Barbara Rütting Christine Kaufmann E. G. Marshall |
| Cinematography | Kurt Hasse |
| Edited by | Werner Preuss |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film United Artists |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | United States Switzerland West Germany |
| Languages | English German |
| Box office | $1.2 million[1] |
Town Without Pity (German: Stadt ohne Mitleid) is a 1961 American/Swiss/West German international co-production drama film directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. Produced by The Mirisch Corporation, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Barbara Rütting, Christine Kaufmann, and E. G. Marshall.
The film was based on the 1960 novel Das Urteil (The Verdict) by German writer Gregor Dorfmeister, who wrote under the pen name Manfred Gregor. At Kirk Douglas' suggestion, the film was rewritten without credit by Dalton Trumbo.[2]
- ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. 10 Jan 1961. p. 58.
- ^ p. 136 Mirisch, Walter I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History University of Wisconsin Press, 2008