Daniel (1983 film)

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Daniel
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Produced by Burtt Harris
Written by E. L. Doctorow
Starring Timothy Hutton
Mandy Patinkin
Lindsay Crouse
Edward Asner
Music by Bob James
Cinematography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editing by Peter C. Frank
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) 26 August 1983
Running time 130 min.
Country UK / US
Language English
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Daniel is a 1983 film which was adapted by E. L. Doctorow from his novel The Book of Daniel. It was directed by Sidney Lumet.

Like the novel it was based on the story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 for giving nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.

Paul and Rochelle Isaacson (the Rosenbergs) are played by Mandy Patinkin and Lindsay Crouse. Their son Daniel is played by Timothy Hutton, their daughter Susan by Amanda Plummer and Daniel's wife Phyllis by Ellen Barkin.

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