Far from the Madding Crowd is a 1967 British epic period drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp and Peter Finch. The screenplay was by Frederic Raphael adapted from Thomas Hardy's 1874 novel of the same name. It was Schlesinger's fourth film (and his third collaboration with Christie). It marked a stylistic shift away from his earlier works e