The Crucible

1996Movie⏱️ 2h 4mPG-13🏆 #3124 Top Rated

DramaHistory

⭐ 6.8

IMDB Rating

42,505 votes

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Director

Nicholas Hytner

Writers

N/A

Stars

Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield

Release Date

November 27, 1996

Language

English

Country

United States

🏆 4

Wins

🎯 29

Nominations

💬 158

Reviews

📋 50.9K

Watchlists

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis

as John Proctor

Winona Ryder

as Abigail Williams

Paul Scofield

as Judge Thomas Danforth

Joan Allen

as Elizabeth Proctor

Bruce Davison

as Reverend Parris

Rob Campbell

as Reverend Hale

Jeffrey Jones

as Thomas Putnam

Peter Vaughan

as Giles Corey

Karron Graves

as Mary Warren

Charlayne Woodard

as Tituba

💰 Box Office

$7,343,114

Worldwide Gross

$7,343,114

Domestic Gross

$62,995

Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Sound

Dolby Digital

Color

Filming Location

House of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Production

Twentieth Century Fox

🏷️ Keywords

salem witch trialsalem massachusettswitch huntwitchwitchcraft

🎯 Categories

Legal DramaPeriod DramaPsychological DramaTragedyDramaHistory

⭐ Featured Review

What is truth?

by lib-4 • 1999-03-04

"Thanks to the director who let Arthur Miller do the screenplay- so the movie is a honest rendition of the great play. Daniel Day Lewis is very good- and the movie is true to the original. Winona Rider also does well- but Joan Allen is excellent. This is a true classic of American Theater and since we can't always get to a live performance the movie is a good substitute... recommend every student of am. lit see it and anyone who wants to delve into the deceit of the human spirit... nothing is new people are still jealous and still vindictive and Miller writes of these two traits so well. ..."