An Enemy of the People (1978)
"The tragedy of a an honest man destroyed by a town's greed."
Title: An Enemy of the People
Original Title: An Enemy of the People
Release Date: 1978-03-17
Status: Released
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 14 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: First Artists, Solar Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann, however, makes the inconvenient discovery that the nature around the village is not so unspoiled. In fact, the runoff from the local tanning mill has contaminated the water to a dangerous degree. The town fathers argue that cleaning up the mess would be far too expensive and the publicity would destroy the town's reputation, so therefore news of the pollution should be suppressed. Dr. Stockmann decides to fight to get the word out to the people, but receives as very mixed reaction.
Cast
Steve McQueen
Dr. Thomas Stockmann
Charles Durning
Peter Stockmann
Bibi Andersson
Catherine Stockmann
Eric Christmas
Morten Kiil
Michael Cristofer
Hovstad
Richard Dysart
Aslaksen
Michael Higgins
Billing
Richard Bradford
Captain Forster
Ham Larsen
Morten Stockmann
John Levin
Ejlif Stockmann
