1984 (1956 film)
| 1984 | |
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| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
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| Based on | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell |
| Produced by | N. Peter Rathvon |
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| Cinematography | C. M. Pennington-Richards |
| Edited by | Bill Lewthwaite |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production company | Holiday Film Productions Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £80,073 |
1984 is a 1956 British black-and-white science fiction film, based on the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, depicting a totalitarian future of a dystopian society. The film followed a previous Westinghouse Studio One adaptation and a BBC-TV made-for-TV adaptation. 1984 was directed by Michael Anderson and starring Edmond O'Brien as protagonist Winston Smith, and featured Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave.