The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
124 audience votes
Key crew
- Stirling SilliphantScreenplay
- Ralph NelsonDirector
- Ravi ShankarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cliff RobertsonCharlie Gordon
- Claire BloomAlice Kinian
- Lilia SkalaDr. Anna Straus
- Leon JanneyDr. Richard Nemur
- Ruth WhiteMrs. Apple
- Dick Van PattenBert
- Edward McNallyGimpy
- Barney MartinHank
- William DwyerJoey
- Dan MorganPaddy
- Marianna CaseYoung Woman (uncredited)
- Leon CollinsTap Dancer (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
experimentmousegeniusintelligence test