Charly (1968)

Charly (stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American film directed by Ralph Nelson. The drama stars Cliff Robertson (in an Academy Award-winning performance), Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney and Dick Van Patten and tells the story of a intellectually disabled bakery worker who is the subject of an experiment to increase human intelligence. Stirling Silliphant adapted the movie from the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

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Cast:

• Barney Martin – Hank
• Claire Bloom
• Claire Bloom – Alice Kinian
• Cliff Robertson – Charly Gordon
• Dan Morgan – Paddy
• Dick Van Patten – Bert
• Edward McNally – Gimpy
• Leon Janney
• Leon Janney – Dr. Richard Nemur
• Lilia Skala – Dr. Anna Straus
• Cliff Robertson
• Lilia Skala
• Dick Van Patten
• Ruth White
• William Dwyer – Joey