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Fahrenheit 451
What if you had no right to read?
( Drama / Sci-Fi )


Fahrenheit 451 Poster

MPAA Rating:
Unrated

US Runtime: 113 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Premiere Date:
Sep 07, 1966   [UK]
 
Director: François Truffaut   [Director]
 
Writers: Jean-Louis Richard   [Screenplay]
François Truffaut   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Lewis M. Allen   [Producer]
Miriam Brickman   [Executive Producer]
Mickey Delamar   [Associate Producer]
Jane C. Nusbaum   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Nicolas Roeg   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Thom Noble   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Bernard Herrmann   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Syd Cain   [Production Design]
Tony Walton   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Tony Walton   [Costume Designer]
 
Casting by Miriam Brickman   [Casting Director]
 
Production Companys: Anglo Enterprises
Vineyard Film
 


Plot Summary:

    In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

Cast:

Julie Christie
Clarisse / Linda Montag
Oskar Werner
Guy Montag
Cyril Cusack
Captain Beatty
Anton Diffring
Fabian / Headmistress
 
Jeremy Spenser
Man with the Apple
Bee Duffell
Book Woman
Alex Scott
Book Person: 'The Life of Henry Brulard'
 

Uncredited Cast:


Gillian Aldam
Judoka Woman (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)
Ann Bell
Doris (uncredited)
Yvonne Blake
Book Person: 'The Jewish Question' (uncredited)
Arthur Cox
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Cox
Book Person: 'Prejudice' (uncredited)
Fred Cox
Book Person: 'Pride' (uncredited)
Noel Davis
Cousin Midge - TV Personality (uncredited)
Judith Drinan
Book Person - Plato's 'Republic' (uncredited)
Kevin Eldon
Robert - First Schoolboy (uncredited)
Alan Ford
Fire Man (uncredited)
Joan Francis
Telephonist (uncredited)
Denis Gilmore
Book Person: 'The Martian Chronicles' (uncredited)
David Glover
Book Person: 'The Pickwick Papers' (uncredited)
Tina Hart
Wanted Woman (uncredited)
Arthur Haynes
Man on Commuter Train (uncredited)
Caroline Hunt
Helen (uncredited)
 
Edward Kaye
Judoka Man (uncredited)
Mark Lester
Second Schoolboy (uncredited)
Gillian Lewis
TV Announcer (uncredited)
Eric Mason
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Charlie McFadden
Nervous Man at Post Box (uncredited)
Roma Milne
Clarisse's Neighbor (uncredited)
Michael Mundell
Trainee Stoneman (uncredited)
Anna Palk
Jackie (uncredited)
Donald Pickering
TV Announcer (uncredited)
John Rae
Book Person: 'Weir of Hermiston' (uncredited)
Terry Sartain
Wanted Man (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
Wanted Man (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Tom Watson
Instructor Sergeant (uncredited)
Chris William
Trainee Black (uncredited)
Earl Younger
Book Person's Nephew: 'Weir of Hermiston' (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Bob Woodham
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Barry Gray
Sound Effects
Robert T. MacPhee
Sound
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer
 
Charlie McFadden
Boom Operator
Otto Snel
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Norman Wanstall
Sound
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Les Bowie
Special Effects
 
Charles Staffell
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Terry Ackland-Snow
Draughtsman
Ron Benton
Assistant Art Director
 
Yvonne Blake
Assistant Art Director
Alan Cassie
Draughtsman
 
 

Directing Crew:


Bryan Coates
Assistant Director
 
Suzanne Schiffman
First Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Douglas Kirkland
Still Photographer
Anthony B. Richmond
Clapper Loader
 
Alex Thomson
Camera Operator
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Yvonne Blake
Assistant Costume Designer
 
Tony Walton
Costume Consultant
 
 

Other Crew:


John Ketteringham
Stand In
 
 

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