Summary
The Fountainhead is an American film first released in 1949,
directed by King Vidor.
The film stars Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith and Robert Douglas.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: King Vidor
- Script: Ayn Rand
- Photo: Robert Burks
- Music: Max Steiner
- Cast: Gary Cooper (Howard Roark), Patricia Neal (Dominique Francon), Raymond Massey (Gail Wynand), Kent Smith (Peter Keating), Robert Douglas (Ellsworth M. Toohey), Henry Hull (Henry Cameron), Ray Collins (Roger Enright), Moroni Olsen (Chairman), Jerome Cowan (Alvah Scarret), Bob Alden (Newsboy), John Alvin (Young intellectual), Morris Ankrum (Prosecutor), Lois Austin (Female party guest), Griff Barnett (Judge), Monte Blue (Gas station executive), Gail Bonney (Woman), Ralph Brooks (Courtroom Spectator), Glen Cavender (Pedestrian onlooker), Dorothy Christy (Society woman), Tristram Coffin (Toohey’s secretary), G. Pat Collins (Jury foreman), James Conaty (Party Guest), Bill Dagwell (Banner shipping clerk), Ann Doran (Wynand’s secretary), Lester Dorr, John Doucette (Gus Webb), Charles Evans (Banner board member), Roy Gordon (Vice-President), William Haade (Worker), Creighton Hale (Court Clerk), Jonathan Hale (Guy Francon), Thurston Hall (Businessman at party), Sam Harris (Courtroom Spectator), Paul Harvey (Opera businessman), Russell Hicks (Banner board member), Selmer Jackson (Cortlandt official), Fred Kelsey (Old watchman), Douglas Kennedy (Reporter), Raymond Largay (Director), Philo McCullough (Bailiff), Harold Miller (Party Guest), Jack Mower (Construction foreman), Paul Newlan (Policeman), Lee Phelps (Juror), Almira Sessions (Dominique’s housekeeper at quarry), George Sherwood (Policeman), Paul Stanton (Dean who expels Roark), Larry Steers (Party Guest), Ruthelma Stevens (Roark’s secretary), Charles Trowbridge (Director), Tito Vuolo (Pasquale Orsini), Geraldine Wall (Woman), Harlan Warde (Young man), Pierre Watkin (Cortlandt official), Leo White (Pedestrian onlooker), Josephine Whittell (Hostess), Frank Wilcox (Gordon Prescott), Isabel Withers (Secretary), Harry Woods (Quarry superintendent)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 114 min; B&W
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