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The Sound and the Fury ( 1959 film ) - Wikipedia The Sound and the Fury ( 1959 film ) <Th_colspan="2"> The Sound and the Fury <Td_colspan="2"> Theatrical release poster Directed by Martin Ritt Written by Harriet Frank , Jr . Irving Ravetch Based on The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Starring Yul Brynner Joanne Woodward Margaret Leighton Stuart Whitman Ethel Waters Jack Warden Françoise Rosay Music by Alex North Cinematography Charles G. Clarke Edited by Stuart Gilmore Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date April 6 , 1959 ( 1959 - 04 - 06 ) Running time 110 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $1,710,000 Box office $1.7 million ( est . US / Canada rentals ) The Sound and the Fury is a 1959 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt . It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by William Faulkner , first published in 1929 . Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Plot ( edit ) Quentin Compson is a girl of 17 in the small Mississippi town of Jefferson . She lives with her step - uncle , Jason , who has practically raised Quentin ever since her promiscuous mother , Caddy , abandoned her . Jason makes ends meet working in the store of Earl Snopes , a man he detests . He is the provider for several people in the house , including Howard , who is Quentin 's uncle , and his step - brother , and a mute , mentally handicapped man named Benjy , his other step - brother . Quentin is bored , restless , and not interested in Jason 's wishes that she continue her education . When a carnival comes to town , she becomes infatuated with Charlie Busch , a carny worker who tries to seduce her . Caddy returns to town . She has a tentative reunion with Quentin , but takes Jason 's side because she has no money and needs him to shelter her now . Caddy flirts with Snopes , who implies that they had intimate relations and is beaten by Jason for saying as much . Benjy also becomes incensed when he catches Quentin sneaking out to meet Busch and tries to strangle her , whereupon Jason decides that Benjy must be committed to an institution . A frustrated Quentin wants to leave with Busch and claims she can get her hands on $3,000 . She steals it from a suitcase of money Jason had been saving for her future . To prove the stranger 's true intentions , Jason goes to Busch and gives him a choice : the girl or the money . Quentin is crushed when she realizes what Busch is really after . She returns to Jason and promises to be more mature in their future together . Cast ( edit ) Yul Brynner as Jason Compson Joanne Woodward as Quentin Compson Margaret Leighton as Caddy Compson Jack Warden as Benjy Compson Stuart Whitman as Charlie Busch Ethel Waters as Dilsey Françoise Rosay as Mrs Caroline Compson John Beal as Howard Compson Albert Dekker as Earl Snopes Stephen Perry as Luster Roy Glenn as Job Reception ( edit ) Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that the film `` lacks texture '' and is `` sentiment - dappled and synthetic '' . See also ( edit ) List of American films of 1959 References ( edit ) Jump up ^ Solomon , Aubrey . Twentieth Century Fox : A Corporate and Financial History ( The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series ) . Lanham , Maryland : Scarecrow Press , 1989 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 8108 - 4244 - 1 . p252 Jump up ^ `` 1959 : Probable Domestic Take '' , Variety , 6 January 1960 p 34 Jump up ^ Crowther , Bosley ( 28 March 1959 ) . `` The Sound and the Fury ( 1959 ) '' . The New York Times . Retrieved 20 May 2014 . External links ( edit ) The Sound and the Fury on IMDb <Th_colspan="2"> Films directed by Martin Ritt <Td_colspan="2"> Edge of the City ( 1957 ) No Down Payment ( 1957 ) The Long , Hot Summer ( 1958 ) The Black Orchid ( 1958 ) The Sound and the Fury ( 1959 ) Five Branded Women ( 1960 ) Paris Blues ( 1961 ) Hemingway 's Adventures of a Young Man ( 1962 ) Hud ( 1963 ) The Outrage ( 1964 ) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ( 1965 ) Hombre ( 1967 ) The Brotherhood ( 1968 ) The Molly Maguires ( 1970 ) The Great White Hope ( 1970 ) Sounder ( 1972 ) Pete ' n ' Tillie ( 1972 ) Conrack ( 1974 ) The Front ( 1976 ) Casey 's Shadow ( 1978 ) Norma Rae ( 1979 ) Back Roads ( 1981 ) Cross Creek ( 1983 ) Murphy 's Romance ( 1985 ) Nuts ( 1987 ) Stanley & Iris ( 1990 ) This 1950s drama film - related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . 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