Rosebud (film)

Rosebud
Directed by	Otto Preminger
Produced by	Otto Preminger
Written by	Erik Lee Preminger
Starring	Peter O'Toole Richard Attenborough Cliff Gorman Claude Dauphin John V. Lindsay Peter Lawford Raf Vallone Isabelle Huppert Kim Cattrall
Music by	Laurent Petitgirard
Cinematography	Denys N. Coop
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	March 24, 1975
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Rosebud is a 1975 motion picture directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford. The script was by Otto's son, Erik Lee Preminger based on the novel by Joan Hemingway and Paul Bonnecarrere. Originally the film was set to star Robert Mitchum, but he left after disagreements with Preminger. Kim Cattrall, later of Sex and the City fame, makes her film debut, playing a teenager.

Plot

Larry Martin (O'Toole) is a Newsweek reporter, secretly working for the CIA. He is tasked, along with Israeli intelligence, to work for the release of five wealthy girls kidnapped by the PLA from the yacht Rosebud. Martin must contend with the girls' fathers, all of whom are wealthy, connected and concerned. Sloat (Attenborough), the head of Black September, is connected with the kidnappings, and is subsequently hunted down.

Cast

• Peter O'Toole ... Larry Martin
• Richard Attenborough ... Edward Sloat
• Cliff Gorman ... Yafet Hemlekh
• Claude Dauphin ... Charles-Andre Fargeau
• John Lindsay ... Sen. Donnovan
• Peter Lawford ... Lord Carter
• Raf Vallone ... George Nikolaos
• Adrienne Corri ... Lady Carter
• Isabelle Huppert ... Helene Nikolaos
• Lalla Ward ... Margaret
• Kim Cattrall ... Joyce Donnovan
• Debra Berger ... Gertrude

See also

• Isabelle Huppert filmography

External links

• Rosebud at the Internet Movie Database