Directed by:
Stanley KubrickCinematography:
Oswald MorrisCast:
James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker, Lois Maxwell, Cec Linder, Terry Kilburn, Ed Bishop (more)VOD (3)
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Kubrick created a jet-black satire from Vladimir Nabokov’s reputedly unadaptable and highly controversial novel. With an Oscar®-nominated screenplay by Nabokov himself, Kubrick turns the story of an obsessive paedophile into the comedy of a frustrated and manipulated lover played with desperate pathos by James Mason. Peter Sellers as Quilty, the rival for the titular underage love object, begins his inspired collaboration with Kubrick, his performance elevating the dark scenario to a kind of absurd genius. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
![James Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/211/164211043_7f296e.jpg)
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![Shelley Winters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/015/163015971_c58f37.jpg)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
![Sue Lyon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/109/164109336_49c013.jpg)
Sue Lyon
USA
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
7 Women (1966)
![Peter Sellers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267804_37afe6.jpg)
Peter Sellers
UK
Best movies:
![Gary Cockrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099080_20698f.jpg)
Gary Cockrell
USA
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
The Bedford Incident (1965)
The War Lover (1962)
Jerry Stovin
Canada
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Lolita (1962)
Hell Drivers (1957)
![Diana Decker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647065_c01f73.jpg)
Diana Decker
USA
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
San Demetrio, London (1943)
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
![Lois Maxwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272894_4bcae8.jpg)
Lois Maxwell
Canada
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
From Russia with Love (1963)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
![Cec Linder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272365_f7864b.jpg)
Cec Linder
Canada
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
Lolita (1962)
Sunday in the Country (1974)
![Terry Kilburn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/926/159926222_9021d2.jpg)
Terry Kilburn
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Random Harvest (1942)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
![Ed Bishop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162692_736b0b.jpg)
Ed Bishop
USA
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Lolita (1962)
Shirley Douglas
Canada
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
Dead Ringers (1988)
The Christmas Shoes (2002) (TV movie)
![Marianne Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442695_081d99.jpg)
Marianne Stone
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
![Marion Mathie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/366/161366992_8a7b7d.jpg)
Marion Mathie
UK
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Walter Henry
UK
Best movies:
Press for Time (1966)
Lolita (1962)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
![Roberta Shore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/592/161592901_5acf0f.gif)
Roberta Shore
USA
Best movies:
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Lolita (1962)
The Young Savages (1961)
Jim O'Brady
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
From Russia with Love (1963)
James Dyrenforth
USA
Best movies:
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Lolita (1962)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Roland Brand
Canada
Best movies:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
Lolita (1962)
![Stanley Kubrick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269653_729b80.jpg)
Stanley Kubrick
USA
Best movies:
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Lolita (1962)