The Lottery

Plot

Every year, on June 27th, in a small village in New England, inhabited by no more than 300 people, a lottery is held in which a family is chosen as part of a ritual to ensure a good harvest.

  • Larry Yust

    Director

  • Shirley Jackson

    Short Story

  • Larry Yust

    Writer

  • Isidore Mankofsky

    Director of Photography

  • Larry Yust

    Editor

  • Albert Nalpas

    Editor

  • Olive Dunbar

    Tessie Hutchinson

  • William Benedict

    Joe Summers

  • William Fawcett

    Old Man Warner

  • Joe Haworth

    Bill Hutchinson

  • Ed Begley Jr.

    Jack Watson

  • Jim Boles

  • Donna Bowen

  • Blanche Bronte

    Mrs. Delacroix

  • Alan Brown

    Mr. Delacroix

  • Nancy Hale

    Mrs. Adams

  • Susan Healy

  • Gavin Jones

  • Mavonwe Jones

  • Dorothy Konrad

    Janie Dunbar

  • Richard Kozloski

    Steve Adams

  • Terry Reed

  • Irene Tedrow

    Mrs. Graves

  • Runtime

    19 minutes

    Released

    1969-01-02

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation

    Updated

    1379 days ago

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