The Day of the Triffids (film)

The Day of the Triffids
U.S. theatrical release poster
by Joseph Smith
Directed bySteve Sekely
Freddie Francis (additional scenes - uncredited)
Written byBernard Gordon
Philip Yordan
Produced byGeorge Pitcher
Philip Yordan
Bernard Glasser (uncredited)
StarringHoward Keel
Nicole Maurey
Janette Scott
Kieron Moore
Mervyn Johns
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited bySpencer Reeve (sup.)
Music byRon Goodwin
Johnny Douglas
Production
company
Security Pictures Ltd
Distributed byRank Organisation
Release date
  • 25 April 1963 (1963-04-25)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Day of the Triffids is a 1963 British science fiction horror film in CinemaScope and Eastmancolor, produced by George Pitcher and Philip Yordan and directed by Steve Sekely. It stars Howard Keel and Nicole Maurey and is loosely based on the 1951 novel of the same name by John Wyndham. The film was released in the UK by the Rank Organisation and in the US by Allied Artists.