I Accuse!

I Accuse!
Directed byJosé Ferrer
Screenplay byGore Vidal
Based onCaptain Dreyfus; The Story of a Mass Hysteria
(1955 book)
by Nicholas Halasz
Produced bySam Zimbalist
Starring
CinematographyFreddie Young
Edited byFrank Clarke
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • 18 February 1958 (1958-02-18) (Cape Town premiere)
  • 15 February 1959 (1959-02-15) (UK)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.8 million
Box office$665,000

I Accuse! is a 1958 British biographical historical drama film based on the Dreyfus affair, in which a Jewish captain in the French Army, Alfred Dreyfus, was falsely accused of treason and imprisoned for five years before being pardoned. The film is directed by and stars José Ferrer in the leading role, with Anton Walbrook (in his final film role), Viveca Lindfors, Leo Genn, Emlyn Williams, David Farrar, Donald Wolfit, and Herbert Lom. The screenplay, written by Gore Vidal, on Nicholas Halasz’s 1955 account Captain Dreyfus; The Story of a Mass Hysteria.