Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd
Overview
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-06-18
- Runtime
- 166 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Vic Films Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdene
- Terence Stamp as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
- Alan Bates as Gabriel Oak
- Peter Finch as William Boldwood
- Fiona Walker as Liddy
- Prunella Ransome as Fanny Robin
- Alison Leggatt as Mrs. Hurst
- Paul Dawkins as Henery Fray
- Julian Somers as Jan Coggan
- Freddie Jones as Cainy Bell
- Andrew Robertson as Andrew Randle
- Brian Rawlinson as Matthew Moon
Crew
- John Schlesinger - Director
- Frederic Raphael - Screenplay
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