The Fountainhead
“No Man Takes What's Mine!”
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
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Cast
73 people
Gary Cooper
Howard Roark
Known for
High Noon
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Patricia Neal
Dominique Francon
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Raymond Massey
Gail Wynand
Known for
East of Eden
Things to Come
Kent Smith
Peter Keating
Known for
Cat People
The Invaders
Robert Douglas
Elsworth Toohey
Known for
The Flame and the Arrow
Ivanhoe
Henry Hull
Henry Cameron
Known for
Werewolf of London
Lifeboat
Ray Collins
Roger Enright
Known for
Citizen Kane
Perry Mason
Moroni Olsen
Chairman
Known for
Notorious
Mildred Pierce
Jerome Cowan
Alvah Scarret
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Miracle on 34th Street
Bob Alden
Newsboy (uncredited)
Also in
The Unfaithful
Miss Mink of 1949
John Alvin
Young Intellectual (uncredited)
Known for
Somewhere in Time
Objective, Burma!
Morris Ankrum
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
King Vidor Director · Ayn Rand Screenplay Max Steiner Composer
Budget $2.4M · United States release June 25, 1949 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,375,000
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 25, 1949
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
July 2, 1949 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical · IMDB
Italy
December 23, 1949 · Theatrical
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