Saint Joan (1957 film)

Saint Joan Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan
Theatrical release poster designed by Saul Bass
Directed by	Otto Preminger
Screenplay by	Graham Greene
Based on	Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
Produced by	Otto Preminger Douglas Peirce
Starring	Jean Seberg Richard Widmark Richard Todd Barry Jones Anton Walbrook John Gielgud Felix Aylmer Harry Andrews Finlay Currie Bernard Miles Patrick Barr Kenneth Haigh
Cinematography	Georges Périnal
Edited by	Helga Cranston
Music by	Mischa Spoliansky
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	8 May 1957 (1957-05-08)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million[1]
Box office	US$250,000 (domestic)[1]

Saint Joan (also called Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan) is a 1957 historical drama film adapted from the 1923 George Bernard Shaw play of the same title about the life of Joan of Arc. The restructured screenplay by Graham Greene, directed by Otto Preminger, begins with the play's last scene, which then becomes the springboard for a long flashback, from which the main story is told. At the end of the flashback, the film then returns to the play's final scene, which then continues through to the end.

This was the film debut of actress Jean Seberg, who won a talent search conducted by Preminger that reportedly tested more than 18,000 young women for the role.