Charly (1968)
Charly (1968)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Cliff Robertson
Charlie Gordon
Claire Bloom
Alice Kinian
Lilia Skala
Dr. Anna Straus
Leon Janney
Dr. Richard Nemur
Ruth White
Mrs. Apple
Dick Van Patten
Bert
Edward McNally
Gimpy
Barney Martin
Hank
William Dwyer
Joey
Dan Morgan
Paddy
Marianna Case
Young Woman (uncredited)
Leon Collins
Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Harry Cooper
Conference Attendee (uncredited)
Frank Dolan
Eddie (uncredited)
Randee Lynne Jensen
Woman (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
Convention Speaker (uncredited) / Director / Producer
Donald Warnock
Conference Attendee (uncredited)
Charles Rosen
Art Direction
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Jim Shields
Sound Recordist
Clem Portman
Recording Supervision
Ravi Shankar
Music
Arthur J. Ornitz
Director of Photography
Phil Naso
Hairstylist
Richard Kuhn
Title Designer
Daniel Keyes
Novel
Selig J. Seligman
Executive Producer
Jack Brown
Assistant Camera
John DeCuir
Production Design
Rod Stephens
Post Production Assistant
Henry Spitz
Production Manager
Vin Kehoe
Makeup Artist
Hazel Roy
Costume Design
Shelley Bartolini
Scenic Artist
Tom Walker Jr.
Production Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingPG
Budget$950,000
Box Office$814,666
Genres
Wiki.
Charly (marketed and stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes.
The film stars Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon, an intellectually disabled adult who is selected by two doctors to undergo a surgical procedure that triples his IQ as it had done for a laboratory mouse who underwent the same procedure. The film also stars Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Dick Van Patten and Barney Martin. Robertson had played the same role in a 1961 television adaptation titled "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon," an episode of the anthology series The United States Steel Hour.
The film received positive reviews and was a success at the box office and later in home media sales. Robertson won Best Actor at the Academy Awards.