Directed by:
King VidorScreenplay:
Ayn RandCinematography:
Robert BurksComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull, Ray Collins, Jerome Cowan, Creighton Hale, Jonathan Hale, Ann Doran (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Based on the novel by philosopher Ayn Rand, this is the story of architect Howard Roark. An idealist, Roark believes he can balance his values with the needs of society. His mentor disagrees - encouraging him to compromise his integrity rather than suffer for his artistic goals. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Almira Sessions](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/273/160273919_834bf6.jpg)
Almira Sessions
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
![Harlan Warde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299996_5b3c13.jpg)
Harlan Warde
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Caged (1950)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Bob Reeves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/417/160417334_44ec54.gif)
Bob Reeves
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Storm Warning (1951)
![Thurston Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193934_bc93e0.jpg)
Thurston Hall
USA
Best movies:
Dodge City (1939)
Virginia City (1940)
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Jay Eaton
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Lee Phelps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/045/161045073_80d9c2.jpg)
Lee Phelps
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Tito Vuolo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506995_60b08d.jpg)
Tito Vuolo
Italy
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Killing (1956)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
G. Pat Collins
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
White Heat (1949)
![Roy Gordon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/649/161649066_d40824.jpg)
Roy Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Paul Newlan
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
We're No Angels (1955)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Bob Alden
USA
Best movies:
The Country Girl (1954)
The Unsuspected (1947)
Carbine Williams (1952)
Lois Austin
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Silver River (1948)
Henry Herbert
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Josephine Whittell
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Stage Door (1937)
Tom Coleman
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Killing (1956)
Ruthelma Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Harvey (1950)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Raymond Largay
USA
Best movies:
Scandal Sheet (1952)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Estelle Etterre
USA
Best movies:
Sudden Fear (1952)
Test Pilot (1938)
Our Relations (1936)
Geraldine Wall
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)