Lust for Life (1956) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Cast

• Kirk Douglas as Vincent van Gogh
• Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin
• James Donald as Theo van Gogh
• Pamela Brown as Christine
• Everett Sloane as Dr. Gachet
• Niall MacGinnis as Roulin
• Noel Purcell as Anton Mauve
• Henry Daniell as Theodorus van Gogh
• Madge Kennedy as Anna Cornelia van Gogh
• Jill Bennett as Willemien
• Lionel Jeffries as Dr. Peyron
• Laurence Naismith as Dr. Bosman
• Eric Pohlmann as Colbert
• Jeanette Sterke as Kay
• Toni Gerry as Johanna
• Claire Du Brey as Housekeeper
• Helen Van Tuyl as Elderly Customer
• Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Stricker
• David Horne as Rev. Peeters
• Noel Howlett as Commissioner Van Den Berghe
• William Phipps as Emile Bernard
• Jay Adler as Waiter
• Paul Bryar as Inspector (uncredited)
• Anthony Eustrel as Tersteeg (uncredited)
• Len Lesser as Cartoonist (uncredited)
• George J. Lewis as Gendarme (uncredited)
• Marion Ross as Sister Clothilde (uncredited)

Crew

• Irving Stone — Novel
• Norman Corwin — Screenplay
• Vincente Minnelli — Director
• Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer
• Freddie Young — Director of Photography
• John Houseman — Producer
• Russell Harlan — Director of Photography

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