Town Without Pity
1961 film by Gottfried Reinhardt / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1961 film. For the song performed in this film, see Town Without Pity (song).
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.
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Directed by | Gottfried Reinhardt |
Screenplay by | George Hurdalek Jan Lustig [de] 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 |
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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] |
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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]