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Lord of the Flies

6.7

Released August 13, 1963Runtime 1h 32min

Evil is inherent in the human mind, whatever innocence may cloak it...

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Thriller

Production Companies

Two Arts Ltd.

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $250,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

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Cast

James AubreyRalph

Tom ChapinJack

Hugh EdwardsPiggy

Roger ElwinRoger

Tom GamanSimon

Roger AllanPiers

David BrunjesDonald

Peter DavyPeter

Kent FletcherPercival Wemys Madison

Nicholas HammondRobert

Christopher HarrisBill

Alan HeapsNeville

Jonathan HeapsHoward

Burnes HollymanDouglas

Andrew HorneMatthew

Richard HorneLance

Timothy HorneLeslie

Peter KsiezopolskiFrancis

Anthony McCall-JudsonMaurice

Malcolm RodkerHarold

David St. ClairGeorge

Rene Sanfiorenzo Jr.Charles

Jeremy ScuseRowland

John StablefordDigby

David SurteesSam

Simon SurteesEric

Nicholas ValkenburgRupert

Patrick ValkenburgRobin

Edward ValenciaFrederick

John WalshMichael

David WalshPercy

Jeremy WillisHenry

Toby RobertsonNaval Officer (uncredited)

Crew

Peter BrookDirector

Toby RobertsonAssistant Director

Peter BrookWriter

William GoldingNovel

Lewis M. AllenProducer

Terry FayCasting

Al HineExecutive Producer

Michael MacDonaldCasting

Gerald FeilAssociate Producer

Raymond LeppardOriginal Music Composer

Jean-Claude LubtchanskyEditor

Peter BrookEditor

Tom HollymanDirector of Photography

Gerald FeilEditor

Miguel NazarioSecond Assistant Camera

George BerriosFirst Assistant Camera

Carter HarmanSound Recordist

Leslie ColombaniSound Assistant

James TownsendSound Supervisor

Lydia RodríguezMakeup Supervisor

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Reviews

by SierraKiloBravo

Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/b-v5AvIlc8E _Lord of the Flies_ is a classic book that I have never read, and its the source material for two movies, one from 1963, and the other in 1990, both of which I had also never seen. Having spotted the 1963 version on Kano...

True enough to the book. It has been decades since I've read the book, and also since I've seen the movie. For the few who are unaware, it's about the savage ways that a group of young boys take on when left on their own after a plane crash. One of the boys becomes a sort of "anti hero" just by ...