# The Reason why

Director, Paul Leaf; screenplay, Arthur Miller Eli Wallach, Robert Ryan Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Presents two cronies who sit before an isolated country house and gradually spill forth their personal feelings about the things they have killed. Addresses the impulse toward war, violence and murder, pondering whether man is a violent animal 'programmed' to kill. Features Eli Wallach and Robert Ryan. Written by Arthur Miller.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1970
- Runtime: 13 min
- By: Giglio, Gino, BFA Educational Media
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/thereasonwhy_201411)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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