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Released
1966 · FILM

The Idol

The act of love does not make this a love story...the act of worship does not make him the idol.

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Runtime
109 min
Drama

Synopsis

A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jack SladeShot by Kenneth HigginsScored by John Dankworth

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