---
title: 'The Night of the Generals (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anatole Litvak'
released: '1967-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 145
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-night-of-the-generals-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062038/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Night of the Generals (1967)

1967 · 145 min · Drama, War, Crime · United Kingdom, France, United States


## Synopsis

The Night of the Generals is a 1967 World War II mystery film directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by Sam Spiegel. It stars Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, and Philippe Noiret. The screenplay by Joseph Kessel and Paul Dehn was loosely based on the beginning of the 1962 novel of the same name by German author Hans Hellmut Kirst. The writing credits also state the film is "based on an incident written by James Hadley Chase", referring to a subplot from Chase's 1952 novel The Wary Transgressor.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Alan Osbiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-osbiston)
- **Director:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph Kessel](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-kessel), [Paul Dehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dehn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Producer:** [Sam Spiegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-spiegel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae)

## Cast

- [Pierre Tornade](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-tornade)
- [Charles Gray](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-gray)
- [Coral Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/coral-browne)
- [Patrick Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-allen)
- [Eléonore Hirt](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleonore-hirt)
- [Juliette Gréco](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-greco)
- [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer)
- [John Gregson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gregson)
- [Charles Millot](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-millot)
- [Michael Goodliffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-goodliffe)
- [Gordon Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-jackson)
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence)
- [Yves Brainville](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-brainville)
- [Peter O'Toole](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-o-toole)
- [Tom Courtenay](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-courtenay)

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