An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Gary Cooper
as Howard Roark
Patricia Neal
as Dominique Francon
Raymond Massey
as Gail Wynand
Kent Smith
as Peter Keating
Robert Douglas
as Elsworth Toohey
Henry Hull
as Henry Cameron
Ray Collins
as Roger Enright
Moroni Olsen
as Chairman
Jerome Cowan
as Alvah Scarret
Bob Alden
as Newsboy (uncredited)
John Alvin
as Young Intellectual (uncredited)
Morris Ankrum
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
