Benefit of the Doubt (1967)

Original title

The Benefit of the Doubt

Directed by

Peter Whitehead

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 05m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the creation of a Royal Shakespeare Company play that protests the Vietnam War. It shows the actors and director preparing at a London theater.

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What happens

Benefit of the Doubt (also known as US) is a 1967 British documentary film directed by Peter Whitehead. Its subject is the production of Peter Brook's anti-Vietnam protest play US, with the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was filmed at London's Aldwych Theatre and features Peter Brook, Michael Kustow, Michael Williams and Glenda Jackson. Brook also adapted US as a film, Tell Me Lies (1968). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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