The Greatest Story Ever Told, directed by George Stevens and David Lean, although for some reason the latter was uncredited.
It
is an often under-rated movie with an all-star cast, and is a large scale epic
movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ (Max von Sydow).
There
are so many stars in this biblical epic that it is impossible to mention them
all but among the notable performers were Dorothy McGuire (The Virgin Mary)
Charlton Heston (John the Baptist) Martin Landau (Caiaphas) Sal Mineo (Uriah)
Sidney Poitier (Simon of Cyrene) David McCallum (Judas Iscariot) Donald
Pleasence (The Dark Hermit – Satan) Claude Rains (King Herod) and John Wayne
(Centurion at Crucifixion).
I
can highly recommend the modestly titled epic, which was long, beautifully
photographed and was notable as it was the first english-language film for Max
von Sydow.
A
great, if not the greatest, movie, watch and enjoy.
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