The Winslow Boy (1999 film)

The Winslow Boy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Mamet
Screenplay by	David Mamet
Based on	The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan
Produced by	Sarah Green
Starring	Nigel Hawthorne Jeremy Northam Rebecca Pidgeon Gemma Jones
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme
Edited by	Barbara Tulliver
Music by	Alaric Jans
Production company	Green/Renzi Productions[1]
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	16 April 1999 (1999-04-16)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States[1]
Language	English
Box office	$3,957,934

The Winslow Boy is a 1999 US made film period drama directed by David Mamet and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones. Set in London before World War I, it depicts a British family defending at all costs the honour of its naval cadet young son against a false charge of theft. The screenplay was adapted by Mamet based on Terence Rattigan's 1946 dramatic play The Winslow Boy.

It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]