A Farewell to Arms (1957 film)

A Farewell to Arms
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Vidor
Screenplay byBen Hecht
Based on
A Farewell to Arms
1929 novel
by
Produced byDavid O. Selznick
StarringRock Hudson
Jennifer Jones
Vittorio De Sica
Elaine Stritch
CinematographyOswald Morris
Edited byJohn M. Foley
Gerard Wilson
Music byMario Nascimbene
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 14, 1957 (1957-12-14) (United States)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,100,000; $4.2 million or $4,353,000
Box office$20 million (worldwide)

A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American epic war drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The last film produced by David O. Selznick, it stars Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, and Elaine Stritch. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semiautobiographical novel of the same name, after the 1932 pre-Code version starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes.