| The Thin Red Line | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andrew Marton |
| Produced by | Philip Yordan Sidney Harmon |
| Written by | James Jones (novel), Bernard Gordon |
| Starring | Keir Dullea Jack Warden James Philbrook Kieron Moore |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Manuel Berenguer |
| Editing by | Derek Parsons |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1964 |
| Running time | 99 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
The Thin Red Line is a 1964 Cinemascope film based on James Jones's novel of the same name. The film follows the life of a number of American soldiers during the battle of Guadalcanal.
The black-and-white film was filmed in Spain. Bernard Gordon's screenplay of Jones's work concentrates on the relationship between the young rule-breaking, "survival-at-any-cost", Private Doll (Keir Dullea) and the older veteran Sgt Welsh (Jack Warden).
Another film adaptation of the novel was released in 1998.