---
title: 'Libel (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anthony Asquith'
released: '1959-10-23'
runtime_minutes: 100
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/libel-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053003/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Libel (1959)

1959 · 100 min · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Libel is a 1959 British drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley. The screenplay was by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg from a 1935 play of the same name by Edward Wooll.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anthony Asquith](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-asquith)
- **Screenplay:** [Karl Tunberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-tunberg), [Anatole de Grunwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-de-grunwald)
- **Producer:** [Anatole de Grunwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-de-grunwald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Benjamin Frankel](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-frankel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker)
- **Editor:** [Frank Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-clarke)

## Cast

- [Geoffrey Bayldon](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-bayldon)
- [Robert Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-shaw)
- [Wilfrid Hyde-White](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfrid-hyde-white)
- [Paul Massie](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-massie)
- [Martin Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-miller)
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley)
- [Anthony Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dawson)
- [Olivia de Havilland](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-de-havilland)
- [Richard Dimbleby](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dimbleby)
- [Dirk Bogarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-bogarde)
- [Richard Wattis](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-wattis)
- [Joyce Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-carey)
- [Millicent Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/millicent-martin)

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