---
title: 'Catch-22 (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Nichols'
released: '1970-06-24'
runtime_minutes: 122
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/catch-22-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065528/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Catch-22 (1970)

1970 · 122 min · War, Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Catch-22 is a 1970 American satirical comedy war film adapted from the 1961 novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. In creating a black comedy revolving around the "lunatic characters" of Heller's satirical anti-war novel set at a fictional Mediterranean base during World War II, director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry worked on the film script for two years, converting Heller's complex novel to the medium of film.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Buck Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/buck-henry)
- **Director:** [Mike Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-nichols)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Strauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-strauss)
- **Producer:** [Martin Ransohoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ransohoff), [John Calley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-calley)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin)
- **Editor:** [Sam O'Steen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-o-steen)

## Cast

- [Martin Balsam](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-balsam) as Colonel Cathcart
- [Evi Maltagliati](https://cinepixo.com/people/evi-maltagliati)
- [Paula Prentiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-prentiss)
- [Elizabeth Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-wilson)
- [Felice Orlandi](https://cinepixo.com/people/felice-orlandi)
- [Olimpia Carlisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/olimpia-carlisi)
- [Susanne Benton](https://cinepixo.com/people/susanne-benton)
- [Norman Fell](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-fell)
- [Martin Sheen](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sheen)
- [Jack Riley](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-riley)
- [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban) as Orr
- [Buck Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/buck-henry)
- [Collin Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/collin-wilcox)
- [Alan Arkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-arkin) as Yossarian
- [Philip Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-roth)

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