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The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
Directed By George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco
Screenplay By George Stevens, James Lee Barrett, Carl Sandburg
Cast Max von Sydow, Ina Balin, Carroll Baker, Victor Buono
Produced By George Stevens
Cinematography By William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs
Film Editing By J. Frank O'Neill, Harold F. Kress, Argyle Nelson Jr.
Music By Alfred Newman
Studio George Stevens Productions
Distributed By United Artists
Country United States
Language English
Release Date April 9, 1965
Runtime 260 Minutes
Rating G

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  • Max von Sydow as Jesus
  • Michael Anderson Jr. as James the Just
  • Carroll Baker as Veronica
  • Ina Balin as Martha of Bethany
  • Victor Buono as Sorak
  • Richard Conte as Barabbas
  • Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene
  • Jose Ferrer as Herod Antipas
  • Van Heflin as Bar Amand
  • Charlton Heston as John the Baptist
  • Martin Landau as Caiaphas
  • Angela Lansbury as Claudia
  • Pat Boone as Angel at the Tomb
  • Janet Margolin as Mary of Bethany
  • David McCallum as Judas Iscariot
  • Roddy McDowall as Matthew
  • Dorothy McGuire as The Virgin Mary
  • Sal Mineo as Uriah
  • Nehemiah Persoff as Shemiah
  • Donald Pleasence as The Dark Hermit
  • Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene
  • Claude Rains as King Herod
  • Gary Raymond as Peter
  • Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate
  • Joseph Schildkraut as Nicodemus
  • Paul Stewart as Questor
  • John Wayne as Centurion at Crucifixion
  • Shelley Winters as Woman Who Is Healed
  • Ed Wynn as Old Aram
  • John Abbott as Aben
  • Rodolfo Acosta as Captain of Lancers
  • Michael Ansara as Herod's Commander
  • Robert Blake as Simon the Zealot
  • Burt Brinckerhoff as Andrew
  • John Considine as John
  • Philip Coolidge as Chuza
  • John Crawford as Alexander
  • Frank DeKova as Tormentor
  • Cyril Delevanti as Melchior
  • Jamie Farr as Thaddaeus
  • David Hedison as Philip
  • Russell Johnson as Scribe
  • Mark Lenard as Balthazar
  • Robert Loggia as Joseph
  • John Lupton as Speaker of Capernaum
  • Peter Mann as Nathanael
  • Tom Reese as Thomas
  • Marian Seldes as Herodias
  • David Sheiner as James the Elder
  • Frank Silvera as Caspar
  • Joseph Sirola as Dumah
  • Abraham Sofaer as Joseph of Arimathaea
  • Harold J. Stone as General Varus
  • Chet Stratton as Theophilus
  • Michael Tolan as Lazarus
  • Ron Whelan as Annas
  • Richard Bakalyan as Good Thief on Cross
  • Marc Cavell as Bad Thief on Cross
  • Celia Lovsky as Woman Behind Railings
  • Gil Perkins as Jacob of Bethlehem
  • Joseph V. Perry as Archelaus
  • Johnny Seven as Pilate's Aide

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