The Light at the Edge of the World
1971 adventure film directed by Kevin Billington / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Light at the Edge of the World is a 1971 Spanish-American adventure film, directed by Kevin Billington and starring Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, and Fernando Rey. It was adapted from Jules Verne's classic 1905 adventure novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World (Le Phare du bout du monde). The plot involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated lighthouse.
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Directed by | Kevin Billington |
Written by | Tom Rowe Rachel Billington (additional dialogue) |
Based on | The Lighthouse at the End of the World by Jules Verne |
Produced by | Kirk Douglas executive Alexander Salkind Ilya Salkind Alfredo Matas |
Starring | Yul Brynner Kirk Douglas Samantha Eggar Fernando Rey Massimo Ranieri Renato Salvatori Jean-Claude Drouot Víctor Israel |
Cinematography | Cecilio Paniagua Henri Decaë |
Edited by | Bert Bates |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
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Distributed by | National General Pictures (US) MGM (France) |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Languages | English Spanish |
Budget | $11,000,000 |
Despite having a large Hollywood budget, collaboration with prestigious foreign film studios, exotic shooting locations in Europe and some of the biggest name movie stars, the movie was mainly a failure at the box office.[citation needed]