Charly

Based On the book by Daniel Keyes

Charly (marketed and stylized as CHAЯLY) is a 1968 American science fiction drama film directed and produced by Ralph Nelson and written by Stirling Silliphant. It is based on Flowers for Algernon, a science-fiction short story (1958) and subsequent novel (1966) by Daniel Keyes. The film stars Cliff Robertson as Charly Gordon, an intellectually disabled adult who is selected by two doctors to undergo a surgical procedure that triples his IQ as it had done for a laboratory mouse that underwent the same procedure. The film also stars Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Dick Van Patten and Barney Martin.

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Release date:

September 23, 1968

Director:

Ralph Nelson

Cast:

Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Leon Janney, Lilia Skala, Dick Van Patten

Genre:

Romance, Science Fiction, Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1968 in adaptations