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The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man

1969Movie⏱️ 1h 43mM/PG
DramaFantasyHorrorSci-Fi
5.8
IMDB Rating
3,708 votes

In 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized tra...

Director
Jack Smight
Writers
Ray Bradbury, Howard B. Kreitsek
Stars
Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas
Release Date
March 26, 1969
Language
English
Country
United States
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Nominations
💬 61
Reviews
📋 5.1K
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🎭 Top Cast

Rod Steiger
Rod Steiger
as Carl
Claire Bloom
Claire Bloom
as Felicia
Robert Drivas
Robert Drivas
as Willie
Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins
as Pickard
Jason Evers
Jason Evers
as Simmons
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Tim Weldon
as John
👤
Christine Matchett
as Anna
👤
Pogo
as Peke

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Filming Location
Fox Creek Ranch, Hollister, California, USA
Production
SKM

🏷️ Keywords

drifterdystopiaambiguous endinghallucinationdark fantasy

🎯 Categories

Dark FantasyFolk HorrorPsychological HorrorSpace Sci-FiTragedyDramaFantasyHorrorSci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

Ray Bradbury hates this movie, but I'm rather fond of it.
by roarshock2000-07-16

"Since most of this film consists of three independent tales it is not unlike watching The Twilight Zone or the Outer Limits on television, except that the source material is the very best possible, and Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom are two of the finest actors conceivable. And although this fragmentation causes the movie to lose the impact that a single feature length story might have had, all the tales, including the connecting story of the illustrated man himself, are bleak, despairing tales that have a cumulative quality. And that's what makes this movie so appealing and unusual. It ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The full-size crashed spaceship used in the second segment, "The Long Rain" is actually the spaceship used in Planet of the Apes (1968), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971).

📖 Synopsis

In 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized tra...