The Night of the Generals (1967)
The Night of the Generals is a 1967 Franco-British World War II crime mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet and Philippe Noiret. The screenplay by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn was loosely based on the beginning of the novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. The writing credits also include the line "based on an incident written by James Hadley Chase". Gore Vidal is said to have contributed to the screenplay, but wasn't credited.
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Cast:
- Patrick Allen
- Harry Andrews
- Yves Brainville
- Coral Browne
- Nicole Courcel
- Tom Courtenay
- Eléonore Hirt
- Gérard Buhr
- Michael Goodliffe
- Charles Gray
- John Gregson
- Gordon Jackson
- Jenny Orléans
- Juliette Gréco
- Charles Millot
- Pierre Mondy
- Philippe Noiret
- Peter O'Toole
- Joanna Pettet
- Donald Pleasence
- Christopher Plummer
- Raymond Gérôme
- Sacha Pitoëff
- Omar Sharif
- Nigel Stock
- Véronique Vendell