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The Crucible
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
1996 · Directed by Nicholas Hytner · 123 min · Drama · History · 10 frames
Tagline
Arthur Miller's timeless tale of truth on trial.
Crew
- Screenplay: Arthur Miller
- Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
- Edited by: Tariq Anwar
- Music: George Fenton
- Production design: Lilly Kilvert
- Produced by: Robert A. Miller, David V. Picker
Cast
- Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor
- Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams
- Paul Scofield as Judge Thomas Danforth
- Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor
- Bruce Davison as Reverend Parris
- Rob Campbell as Reverend Hale
- Jeffrey Jones as Thomas Putnam
- Peter Vaughan as Giles Corey
- Karron Graves as Mary Warren
- Charlayne Woodard as Tituba
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $7,343,114
- Themes: witch, massachusetts, based on play or musical, satan, curse, salem, massachusetts, 17th century, salem witch trials, disheartening
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