'' All Fall Down '' is a 1962 American drama film , adapted from the novel '' All Fall Down '' ( 1960 ) by James Leo Herlihy , the author of '' Midnight Cowboy '' ( 1965 ) . It was directed by John Frankenheimer and produced by John Houseman . The screenplay was adapted from the novel by playwright William Inge and the film starred Eva Marie Saint and Warren Beatty . Upon its release , the film was a minor box-office hit . Together with her performance in Frankenheimer 's '' The Manchurian Candidate '' ( 1962 ) , Angela Lansbury ( who played a destructively manipulative mother in both films ) won the year 's National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress . The film was entered in the 1962 Cannes Film Festival
1962 Cannes Film Festival
1962 Cannes Film Festival
All Fall Down (film)