The Crucible

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Theatrical Release Date:

12/20/1996

DVD Release Date:

06/01/2004

Run Time:

123min.

Starring:

Daniel Day-Lewis , Winona Ryder , Paul Scofield , Joan Allen , Bruce Davison

Director(s):

Nicholas Hytner

Distributor(s):

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

MPAA Rating:

PG-13 for intense depiction of the Salem witch trials.

Genre(s):

Drama

Plot: When Arthur Miller's play The Crucible was first staged in 1953, it was widely acclaimed as a metaphor for the recklessness of Joseph McCarthy and his spurious crusade against communism. Read More

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