The Fountainhead is a 1949 American black-and-white drama film produced by Henry Blanke, directed by King Vidor, and starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Robert Douglas and Kent Smith.
The film is based on the bestselling 1943 novel of the same name by Ayn Rand, who also wrote the screenplay adaptation.
Although Rand's screenplay was used with minimal alterations, she later criticized the editing, production design and acting.