The Crucible
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nicholas Hytner
Jane Pulkkinen
Charlayne Woodard
June Lewin
Anna V Boksenbaum
Patrick Cassidy
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Perched on the edge of a continent is a community dedicated to the service of God. A gang of teenage girls, stifled by the crushing piety of their elders, dance naked in the woods. One girl, Abigail Williams -- her innocence lost in the bed of John Proctor, a married farmer -- drinks a charm to kill his wife. And suddenly, the Devil is loose in Salem. The girls are discovered and, spurred on by their terrified accusations, the entire village is consumed by cries of witchcraft. One by one, the blameless victims of mass hysteria are torn from their homes until, inexorably, Abigail's vengeance is turned on Proctor's wife.
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Cast
Jane Pulkkinen
Charlayne Woodard
June Lewin
Anna V Boksenbaum
Patrick Cassidy
Peter Maloney
Dorothy Brodesser
Alexander Streit
Joan Allen
Sheila Pinkham
Jeffrey Jones
Robert Breuler
Mara Clark
Ken Cheeseman
Lian-marie Holmes
Dossy Peabody
Frances Conroy
Charlotte Melen
Tom Mcdermott
Amee Jean Mcclure
Karen Macdonald
Bruce Davison
Mary Reardon
Karron Graves
Steven Ochoa
Elizabeth Lawrence
Jessie Kilguss
Sheila Ferrini
Rob Campbell
Michael Gaston
John Griesemer
Simone Marean
Carmella Mulvihill
Kali Rocha
Daniel Day-lewis
Peter Vaughan
Taylor Stanley
Winona Ryder
Will Lyman
Paul Scofield
Katrina Nevin
George Gaynes
Mary Pat Gleson
Ruth Maleczech
Michael Mckinstry
William Preston
Rachael Bella
Ashley Peldon
Crew
Christopher Ackland
Jeff Aghassi
Brian Albushies
Michael E Allegretto
Jeffrey Amaral
Amy Andrews
Bill Andrulitis
Tariq Anwar
Jan Archibald
Jonathan Askew
Jeff Atmajian
Michael Barosky
Tom Barrett
Allison Barton
William Baynham
Bob Becchio
Lee Beckett
David Beckwith
Diane Bennette
William Bergland
John Bettencourt
Joe Biggins
Lisa M Bock
Melissa Bolton
Matt Bouldry
Dina Brendlinger
Arnold F Brown
David W Brown
Brian Buckley
Sarah Jackson Burt
Travis G Bush
James Calleri
Paula Carbone
Tim W Carroll
Tim Cavagin
Lieutenant Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci
James Champoux
Regina Clark
Peter C Clarke
Jacqueline Cody
David Colantuoni
Daniel Collins
Ed Colyer
Kevin Connolly
Drew Conroy
Peter W Cook
Dan Courchaine
Jerry Courser
William Courtney
Julian Coutts
Dirk Wallace Craft
Bob Crowley
Robert Cuddy
Mary Cybulski
Kassandra D'alessandro
Blaise Dahlquist
Dr. Roger Danchik
Jon Davidson
Robin Dawson
Rick Deacon
Steve Deboer
Jerry Decarlo
Christine V Desrochers
Cheryl Dewardemer
Mary E Dicicco
Michael Dick
Naomi Donne
Richard L Doucette
Ken Doyle
Abigail Drury
Mike Dso
Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn
Eddie Evans
James B Faulkner
John Favre
Lucy Fawcett
Michael Fedack
George Fenton
Stan Fiferman
Mark Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Flaherty
Francis L Foley
Charlie Foster
Chris Fousek
Rafael Fraguada
Chris Frank
Edward A Frisbie
Lisa Frucht
George Funton
Joseph Gagliardi
David Galbraith
Howard Garrett
Frank W Garrison
Julia M Garrison
John Gates
Claire Gaul
Sheila Gentile
Dale Gibson
Joe Gilmore
Jess Gonchor
Paul W. Gorfine
Tim Grafft
First Sergeant Martin Graney
Elizabeth Green
Isobel Griffiths
Pauline Griffiths
Matt Grimes
Pat Grosswendt
David Gulick
Neil Gustafson
Barnaby Hall
Maryellen Hanlon
John Harajovic
Christian Harmony
Charles Harrington
John Hermansen
Lawrence Heyman
Christian Hollyer
Mary Hopkins
Paul Hulme
Dean Humphreys
Mark C Hutchinson
Donna Isaacson
Timothy C Jackson
William Jakielaszek
Theodore Janello
Kevin Kammer
Christian Kaplan
Bernard C Karol
William Karp
Chris Kaseta-cornelius
Alan S Kaye
Paula Kelly
David Kennard
Lilly Kilvert
Gary L King
Lynn Kippax
Todd Kleitsch
Scott Kowalchyk
Namthip Kumpiranonth
Jessica Lanier
David Larue
Larry Laurent
Diane Laurienzo
Bob Laux
Steven E Lawler
Bill Leclair
Lisa Lesniak
Eric Levenson
Mitchell Levin
Timothy Lewis
Christopher Lloyd
Karen Lloyd
Lori A. Lopes
Nick Lowe
Barbara Lowes
Bruce Maccallum
Angelika A Macclellan
James Macdonald
Cynthia Mae
Lenny Manzo
Stacy Mar
Seth March
Ted Marshall
Brick Mason
Eric Matheson
William R Mayberry
John J Mccarthy
Susan P Mccarthy
Jenny E Mccracken
Michael A Mccue
John Mchugh
Robert Mckown
Ray Mclaughlin
Jean-paul Menard
Karen Menze
Andrew L Messersmith
Carla Meyer
Rebekah V Michaels
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Robert A Miller
Kathy Mills
Vanessa Mills
Jessica A Milstein
Louis Montejano
Kris Moran
Linda Murphy
Nick Navarro
Carolyn Noonan
Christopher Noonan
Patrick R Noonan
William O'brien
Karen O'leary
Richard Oswald
Anthony D. Parrillo
Rich Pashayan
Jim Passanante
Bruce Paul
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 27, 1996
Released in United States December 11, 1996
Expanded Release in United States December 18, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 3, 1997
Released in United States on Video July 1, 1997
Released in United States February 1997
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 13-24, 1997.
Joan Allen received the 1996 award for Best Supporting Actress from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Completed shooting November 18, 1995.
Yorktown Productions, Norman Jewison's production company, was originally attached to produce with Jewison directing.
Began shooting September 11, 1995.
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic and controversial play produced originally in 1953 at the height of McCarthyism.
Released in United States Fall November 27, 1996
Released in United States December 11, 1996 (Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States December 18, 1996
Expanded Release in United States January 3, 1997
Released in United States on Video July 1, 1997
Released in United States February 1997 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 13-24, 1997.)
