The Naked and the Dead (film)
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Screenplay by | Denis Sanders Terry Sanders |
| Based on | The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer |
| Produced by | Paul Gregory |
| Starring | Aldo Ray Cliff Robertson Raymond Massey Lili St. Cyr Barbara Nichols |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.5 million |
The Naked and the Dead is a 1958 American war film produced by RKO Radio Pictures and released by Warner Bros. Starring Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, and Raymond Massey, it was directed by Raoul Walsh and based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Norman Mailer. The screenplay was written by brothers Denis and Terry Sanders, and the film was shot in Panama on Technicolor film. It is one of the last films made by RKO before the studio's closure, and the last film that Walsh directed for Warner Bros. Lili St. Cyr and Barbara Nichols appear in support.