- John Paul Jones (film)
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name =John Paul Jones
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caption = Original Theatrical Poster
director =John Farrow
producer =Samuel Bronston
writer =John Farrow Jesse Lasky Jr.
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starring =Robert Stack Bette Davis Marisa Pavan
music =Max Steiner
cinematography = Michel Kelber
editing = Eda Warren
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =16 June 1959
runtime = 126 mins
country =USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0052946"John Paul Jones" is a 1959 biographical
epic film aboutJohn Paul Jones . The film was made by Samuel Bronston Productions and released byWarner Bros. . It was directed byJohn Farrow and produced bySamuel Bronston from a screenplay by John Farrow,Ben Hecht ,Jesse Lasky Jr . from the story "Nor'wester" by Clements Ripley. The music score was byMax Steiner , the cinematography byMichel Kelber .The film starred
Robert Stack in the title role,Marisa Pavan ,Charles Coburn ,Macdonald Carey ,Jean-Pierre Aumont , David Farrar,Peter Cushing ,Basil Sydney ,Thomas Gomez andMia Farrow in her film debut.Bette Davis made a guest appearance as Empress Catherine the Great.John Paul Jones, bassist for
Led Zeppelin , took his stage name after seeing this poster (his birth name was John Baldwin).External links
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