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Lord of the Flies (Original title)
Dates: 1963 (Copyright), 1963 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Peter Brook

Synopsis: The descent into savagery of a group of schoolboys stranded on an island after a plane crash in the third world war.

Genres:
Drama, Science Fiction

Subjects:
Air accidents, Islands, Children
Credits (47)
©: Lord of the Flies Company, An Allen-Hodgdon Production: Allen-Hodgdon Productions, Production Company: Two Arts, Executive Producer: Al Hine, Produced by: Lewis Allen, Associate Producer: Gerald Feil, Assistant to the Producer: Elinor Wright, Edwin Wilson, General Assistant: David Korda, General Assistant: Phil Crawshaw, Sesyle Joslin, Assistant Director: Toby Robertson, Script Supervisor: Stella Maude, Casting Director: Michael McDonald, Casting Director: Terry Fay, Casting Assistant: Jean Hollyman, Casting Assistant: Fiona St. Clair, Casting Assistant: Barbara Hodgdon, Casting Assistant: Stella Maude, Casting Assistant: Dolores Keator, Screenplay: Peter Brook, From the novel by: William Golding, Photographed by: Tom Hollyman, Gerald Feil, Lighting Assistant: Leslie Columbani, Clapper Boy: Erik Jordon, John Walsh, First Camera Assistant: George Berrios, Second Camera Assistant: Miguel Nazario, Chief Grip and Gaffer: Jim Sheldon, Editor: Peter Brook, Editor: Gerald Feil, Editor: Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, Assistant Editor: Nell Cox, Assistant Editor: Stella Maude, Assistant Editor: Solange Lubtchansky, Assistant Editor: Liliane Korb, Wardrobe Supervisor: Susan Fletcher, Make-up Supervisor: Lydia Rodriguez, Titles Designed by: Digby Turpin, Titles Designed by: Guy Neale, Sheila More, Music by: Raymond Leppard, Sound Supervisor: James Townsend, Sound Recorded by: Carter Harman, Sound Assistant: Leslie Columbani
Cast (31)
James Aubrey (Ralph), Tom Chapin (Jack), Hugh Edwards (Piggy), Roger Elwin (Roger), Tom Gaman (Simon), Roger Allen, David Brunjes, Peter Davy, Kent Fletcher, Nicholas Hammond, Christopher Harris, Alan Heaps, Jonathan Heaps, Burnes Hollyman, Andrew Horne, Richard Horne, Timothy Horne, Peter Ksiezopolski, Anthony McCall-Judson, Malcolm Rodker, David St. Clair, Rene Sanfiorenzo Jr., Jeremy Scuse, John Stableford, The Surtees Twins, Nicholas Valkenburg, Patrick Valkenburg, Edward Valencia, John Walsh, David Walsh, Jeremy Willis