The Group (film)

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The Group

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Directed by Sidney Lumet
Produced by Sidney Buchman
Written by Sidney Buchman
Starring Candice Bergen
Joan Hackett
Elizabeth Hartman
Shirley Knight
Joanna Pettet
Music by Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography Boris Kaufman
Editing by Ralph Rosenblum
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) 1966
Running time 150 min
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The Group (1966) is an ensemble film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the novel of the same name by Mary McCarthy about a group of female graduates from a Vassar-like college during the early 1930s .

The cast of this social satire includes Candice Bergen, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Shirley Knight, and Joanna Pettet. Also look for appearances by Larry Hagman ("Dallas") and Richard Mulligan ("Empty Nest", "Soap"). For its time, the movie touched on some controversial topics, such as free love, lesbianism and mental illness.

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Films directed by Sidney Lumet

12 Angry Men (1957) • Stage Struck (1958) • That Kind of Woman (1959) • The Fugitive Kind (1959) • A View from the Bridge (1961) • Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) • The Pawnbroker (1964) • Fail-Safe (1964) • The Hill (1965) • The Group (1966) • The Deadly Affair (1967) • Bye Bye Braverman (1968) • The Sea Gull (1968) • The Appointment (1969) • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) • Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) • The Anderson Tapes (1971) • Child's Play (1972) • The Offence (1972) • Serpico (1973) • Lovin' Molly (1974) • Murder on the Orient Express (1974) • Dog Day Afternoon (1975) • Network (1976) • Equus (1977) • The Wiz (1978) • Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) • Prince of the City (1981) • Deathtrap (1982) • The Verdict (1982) • Daniel (1983) • Garbo Talks (1984) • Power (1986) • The Morning After (1986) • Running on Empty (1988) • Family Business (1989) • Q & A (1990) • A Stranger Among Us (1992) • Guilty as Sin (1993) • Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) • Critical Care (1997) • Gloria (1999) • Strip Search (2004) • Find Me Guilty (2006) • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
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