Lord Jim

Feb 15, 1965

2h 34m

★ 6.8

Lord Jim blasts the screen with breathless adventure!

Overview

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia British Productions

Columbia Pictures

Keep Films

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Cast

Lord Jim

Peter O'Toole

Gentleman Brown

James Mason

Cornelius

Curd Jürgens

The General

Eli Wallach

Marlow

Jack Hawkins

Stein

Paul Lukas

The Girl

Daliah Lavi

Schomberg

Akim Tamiroff

Waris

Jūzō Itami

Du-Ramin

Tatsuo Saitō

Brierly

Andrew Keir

Robinson

Jack MacGowran

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