The Bramble Bush is a 1960 American drama film, based on the controversial novel of the same name,[2] directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Richard Burton, Angie Dickinson, Barbara Rush, Jack Carson and James Dunn.

Guy Montford moves back to his seaside Massachusetts hometown at the request of old friend Larry McFie, who is dying of cancer.

Over the objections of Larry's father, Sam, hospital administrator Dr. Sol Kelsey puts the patient in Guy's personal care.

Complications develop when Larry pleads with Guy to put him out of his misery and Margaret discovers she is pregnant from the one-night stand.

Larry's father lies on the witness stand that his son feared for his life in Guy's care, believing the doctor was in love with his wife.

Reviewers compared it with other novels about the underbelly of small towns such as Peyton Place and King's Row.

In February Daniel Petrie, best known for his work on television including adaptations of Wuthering Heights, signed to direct.