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Charly

6.519681h 43mPGMovieDramaRomanceScience Fiction

An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.

DirectorRalph Nelson
WriterStirling Silliphant
ProducersRalph Nelson·Selig J. Seligman

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Cast · Directed by Ralph Nelson

CRCliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson
Charlie Gordon
CBClaire Bloom
Claire Bloom
Alice Kinian
LSLilia Skala
Lilia Skala
Dr. Anna Straus
LJLeon Janney
Leon Janney
Dr. Richard Nemur
RWRuth White
Ruth White
Mrs. Apple
DPDick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
Bert
EM
Edward McNally
Gimpy
BMBarney Martin
Barney Martin
Hank
WD
William Dwyer
Joey
DM
Dan Morgan
Paddy
MC
Marianna Case
Young Woman (uncredited)
LC
Leon Collins
Tap Dancer (uncredited)

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Charly hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 11, 1968. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.