Bartleby (1970 film)

Bartleby
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Directed byAnthony Friedman
Screenplay byRodney Carr-Smith
Anthony Friedman
Based on"Bartleby, the Scrivener; A Story of Wall-street" by Herman Melville
Produced byRodney Carr-Smith
StarringPaul Scofield
John McEnery
Thorley Walters
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byJohn S. Smith
Music byRoger Webb
Production
companies
Pantheon Film Productions
Amber Entertainment
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation
Release date
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Bartleby is a 1970 British drama film directed by Anthony Friedman and starring Paul Scofield, John McEnery and Thorley Walters. It was written by Rodney Carr-Smith and Friedman adapted from the 1857 short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener; A Story of Wall-street" by Herman Melville. The film relocates the narrative from New York in the 1850s to London in the 1970s.