Synopsis
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
163 audience votes
Key crew
- King VidorDirector
- Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer
- Ayn RandScreenplay
Cast
- Gary CooperHoward Roark
- Patricia NealDominique Francon
- Raymond MasseyGail Wynand
- Kent SmithPeter Keating
- Robert DouglasElsworth Toohey
- Henry HullHenry Cameron
- Ray CollinsRoger Enright
- Moroni OlsenChairman
- Jerome CowanAlvah Scarret
- Bob AldenNewsboy (uncredited)
- John AlvinYoung Intellectual (uncredited)
- Morris AnkrumProsecutor (uncredited)
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Themes
new york citynewspaperbased on novel or bookarchitectintegrityobjectivismayn rand