The Illustrated Man is a 1969 American science fiction film directed by Jack Smight and starring Rod Steiger. The film is based on three short stories from the 1951 collection The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury: "The Veldt", "The Long Rain", and "The Last Night of the World". Set in the backroads of America, the film tells three of Bradbury's stories set in the future, with Steiger as a man named Carl telling tales of some of the tattoos he has on his body. The stories are about alternate reality , a mysterious planet and the end of the world . Carl is accompanied by a dog and meets a... traveler who listens to his tales. The tie-in prologue tells of how Carl came to be tattooed after he encountered a mysterious woman named Felicia in a remote farmhouse. The Illustrated Man comprises three science fiction short stories from Ray Bradbury's collection of the same name. Howard B. Kreitsek wrote the screenplay that encompassed the stories "The Veldt", "The Long Rain", and "The Last Night of the World", Jack Smight directed the film. Bradbury was not consulted for the adaptation.
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| Release date: | 1969 |
| Directed by: | Jack Smight |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ted Mann |
| Cinematography: | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |