ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – RANDOM HARVEST (1942)

 

“Random Harvest” is a romantic drama, based on James Hilton’s book of the same name and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

Charles Rainier (Ronald Colman) a shell shocked veteran of World War I wanders out of the sanatorium and meets music hall star Paula Greer Garson who nurses him back to health and marry and settle happily into a quiet humble life, until he is involved in an accident which restores his original memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while erases all recollection of his post-war life.

So, a quiet and humble man disappears, and another man long missing as a casualty of war, turns up and claims his vast inheritance.

So, what of his devoted wife Paula, whom he no longer recognizes, what is she to do to reclaim her love? And will love conquer all in the end?

The film remains true to the Hilton novel and is one of the most beautiful and tender movies I have ever seen.

The acting is flawless, the cinematography memorable, the characterizations multi-dimensional, the scenery gorgeous and the peerless direction adds to the pleasure.

A strong supporting cast aids the story telling

Susan Peters as Kitty, Henry Travers as Dr Sims, Reginald Owen as Biffer, Bramwell Fletcher as Harrison and Philip Dorn as Dr Benet.

A film not to be missed.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – NOW, VOYAGER (1942)

 

“Now, Voyager” is a romantic drama, based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty and directed by Irving Rapper.

Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) is a spinster from a wealthy Boston family and following her father’s death she had her life controlled entirely by her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper), as a result her mental health suffered to the point that her sister, Lisa (Ilka Chase), arranges for Dr Jaquith (Claude Rains) to pay a house call on Charlotte.

Feeling despondent, she is convinced that she should spend some time in a sanatorium away from the influence of her mother and very soon Charlotte is transformed into a sophisticated confident woman, and such was the change in her that Lisa and Dr Jaquith arrange for her to go on a cruise to South America.

While on board she meets and begins a torrid affair with Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid), a married architect.

Six months later, when she returns home to Boston, she forcefully confronts her mother with the terms of her independence, and an uneasy peace prevails between them until the day, after a brief argument, her mother has a heart attack and dies.

Charlotte inherits the vast Vale fortune but feels responsible for her mother's death so she returns to the sanatorium where she befriends a depressed, young adolescent, named Tina (Janis Wilson), a girl rejected by her disturbed mother, but she soon discovers that Tina is the daughter of her former lover Jerry, and the pair soon bond, and in time Charlotte takes Tina home to with her to Boston, but is she destined to become too attached?

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)

“It Happened One Night” is a romantic comedy, from before the ghastly term “RomCom” was coined, based on the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams and directed by Frank Capra.

It’s a sweet comedy about heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert), a spoiled young woman who after having just tied the knot with gold digging society aviator, King Westley (Jameson Thomas), she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches but Ellie jumps ship at the first opportunity and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband.

It’s when she’s on the bus that she meets an attractive worldly newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable).

The interaction between the two is both romantic and humorous and is the classic portrayal of what may be called “sexual tension.”

Reluctantly she must accept his help after he makes her realize that her wealthy background cannot carry her through as a human being in the real world, so he takes care of her but doesn’t take advantage of her, but her choices are limited so she has to stick with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father (Walter Connolly), either way, Peter gets what he wants a really great scoop.

This is a must-see for everyone who loves old movies, and entertaining for all, but I suspect that if you have a love of classic films you would already have seen it, so watch it again.

 

There are some interesting items of trivia surrounding the film, but I have three particular favourites,

1, Ellie and Peter are forced to hitchhike and Gable stands at the edge of the road and his wisecracking posture is said to have been the inspiration for the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.

2, In the Greyhound Bus scene, Frank Capra, the director, makes a cameo appearance as one of the passengers on the bus singing the third couplet of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze”

3, In the “Walls of Jericho” scene Gable takes off his shirt and appeared bare-chested and as he wasn’t wearing a vest sales of men’s undershirts declined sharply.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS (1958)

 

“The Inn of Sixth Happiness” is based on the novel by Alan Burgess and directed by Mark Robson, and is a film essentially about faith, but more importantly it’s about having faith and putting that faith to a practical use that will help others.

All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) knew that China was the place where she belonged, and that God wanted her to be there.

Gladys was a domestic servant and was bluntly told that she was not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, so she worked hard to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village where elderly Missionary Jeannie Lawson (Athene Seyler) was turning the Mission  into an Inn.

Gladys slowly adapts to life at the Mission but when Lawson dies after a fall, Gladys finds herself in charge with only the Missions’ servant, Yang (Peter Chong), to support her.

Over time she makes a success of the Inn and even gains the confidence of the Mandarin of Yang Cheng (Robert Donat), the common people and even a representative of the Government, Capt. Lin Nan (Curt Jurgens), but when the Japanese invade China, she and local man Li  (Burt Kwouk) set off to escort 100 orphaned children to safety.

Richard Wattis, Ronald Squire and Moultrie Kelsall also feature in this thoroughly enjoyable film which everyone can enjoy.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – GROUNDHOG DAY (1993)

 

“Groundhog Day” is a comedy, screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, and Directed by Harold Ramis.

TV weather man Phil (Bill Murray) reluctantly has to do an outside broadcast in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Groundhog Day, to cover the story about, what he calls, a weather forecasting “rat”, Punxsutawney Phil, who is in fact a Groundhog.

Furthermore it’s his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his displeasure.

But he travels to Pennsylvania anyway with Producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and Cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) and dutifully fulfils his obligation while barely concealing his contempt for the whole event.

And that night when he went to bed he consoled himself that it was only one day, but on awaking the following morning he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again.

At first he uses this anomaly to his advantage, to seduce women, be outrageous, be obnoxious, all without consequence, but eventually he comes to the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people, do the same thing every  day, unless he can change, if not the day then himself.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE VIRGIN QUEEN (1955)

“The Virgin Queen” is a Historic drama directed by Henry Koster and written by Harry Brown and Mindret Lord.

Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to gain an audience with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and through charm soon wins her favour, his motive is to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World and make a name for England.

But it’s a stormy relationship between the aging Queen and Raleigh, so when he becomes attracted to a young ward of the court, Beth Throgmorton (Dame Joan Collins), and she strongly returns the attraction, he must tread carefully as Elizabeth soon shows her desire for him and he must bend in order to achieve his goal, even though he loves Beth, but it’s a dangerous game to play with the stubborn Queen’s affections, so will jealousy of Raleigh’s youthful love lead to his downfall.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939)

 

Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a romantic drama, based on James Hilton’s book of the same name and directed by Sam Wood and Sidney Franklin.

An old classics teacher, and former headmaster of Brookfield School, “Mr Chips” (Robert Donat) looks back over his long career, remembering pupils and colleagues, and above all the idyllic courtship and marriage to Katherine (Greer Garson), who he met in the Alps while on holiday with his friend and colleague Staefel (Paul Henreid), and that meeting transformed his life, and the effect she had on him lasted throughout his life.

Robert Donat deftly handles the role of Chips through the years, from his arrival at the school as a young man in his mid-20s until he lays on his death bed in his 80s.

A wonderful film that cleverly marks the passage of time with snippets of conversation between boys or masters as they return to school in the autumn mentioning keys events, such as Queen Victoria's death, the advent of the telephone, a book by a new author, H.G. Wells, and of course the Great War.

It is a sentimental story, but it is also poignant and thought provoking and is essentially a chronicle of a common man's existence as he touches the lives of hundreds.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1947)

 

Directed by Henry Koster, the Christmas classic, The Bishop's Wife, tells the tale of an Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham played by David Niven, who has been working for months on the plans for a new cathedral, paid for by a selfish and stubborn widow Mrs. Hamilton, (Gladys Cooper).

As a result he begins to lose sight of his wife, Julia, (Loretta Young) and daughter Debbie (Karolyn Grimes) and of why he joined the church in the first place, so Dudley, an angel in human form, played by Cary Grant, is sent to help him, with the task of building a new cathedral and repairing his fractured marriage.

Dudley help’s everyone he meets, but not always in the way they would have chosen, nonetheless everyone liked Dudley, with the exception of Henry.
As Christmas approaches Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, at work, and in his family’s affections.

He even manages to affect his maid Matilda (Elsa Lanchester) and Secretary Mildred Cassaway (Sara Haden).

Even the cynical old atheist family friend Professor Wutheridge (Monty Woolley) falls under his spell, eventually, but Dudley must be careful not to become too fond of earthly distractions.

It’s a gem of a movie which can be appreciated any time of year and has many memorable scenes, but my favourite is when Sylvester, the taxi driver (James Gleason) befriends Julia and Dudley and they go ice skating in the park, in fact the sequence is one of the best things you’ll see in many a film, enjoy.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968)

Where Eagles Dare is a WW2 drama film, screenplay written by Alistair MacLean based on his book of the same name and, directed by Brian G. Hutton.

After a British Mosquito aircraft is shot down over Nazi held territory, the Germans capture American Brigadier General George Carnaby (Robert Beatty), and take him to the nearby S.S. headquarters at the Schloss Adler, the Castle of Eagles, because the Germans believe the General is privy to details of the D-Day operation.

So Admiral Rolland (Michael Hordern) and Colonel Turner (Patrick Wymark) of British Intelligence assemble a crack commando team led by Major Jonathan Smith (Richard Burton) to rescue him before he can divulge any details of the plans for the Normandy landings.

Amongst the team of Brits is an American Ranger, Lieutenant Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), who is puzzled by his inclusion in an all British operation, and when two of the team are killed soon after arriving in Germany, Schaffer suspects that Smith's mission has more than one objective.

It’s a fast moving war movie with plenty of action and a number of twists and turns along the way to hold your attention all the way to the tense unexpected ending. 

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE 39 STEPS (1935)

 

The 39 Steps is a thriller based on the book by John Buchan and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

The hero of this adventurous tale is a Canadian visitor to London, Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) who, after spending the evening at the Music Hall where “Mr Memory” was performing, he meets Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim), a counter-espionage Agent who is trying to evade enemy agents who he subsequently takes back to his flat so she could hide until morning.

However during the night the Agent is killed and Hannay is accused of her murder, so he must go on the run to save himself and travels to Scotland to clear his name and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information.

For those who have not seen it I suggest that you do so, it benefits from a great script, by Charles Bennett, witty, humorous and intelligent.

The film is benefits from exquisitely understated acting, in particular Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll as Hannay’s feisty romantic interest, Pamela.

In addition to the stars John Laurie and Peggy Ashcroft’s cameos as the Crofter and his wife are excellent.

The film also excels technically with the lighting, photography and camera work and of course the deft hand of Hitchcock drives the narrative with the fast paced action.

The iconic scene where Hannay alights from the Flying Scotsman on the Forth Bridge will live forever in cinematic history. 

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – D-DAY THE SIXTH OF JUNE (1956)

 

D-Day the Sixth of June, Directed by Henry Koster, tells the tale of a love triangle involving a British Officer, Lt Colonel John Wynter (Richard Todd), American Captain Brad Parker (Robert Taylor) and Red Cross Nurse Valerie Russell (Dana Wynter).

The story unfolds aboard an allied transport on the eve of D-Day shown in flashback, as the two officers reminisce about their individual relationships with the beauteous English Rose.

But who will the nurse choose? A married American Staff Officer or the gung-ho British Lt Colonel.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)

 

To Have and Have Not is based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel and directed by Howard Hawks and tells the story of Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie (Walter Brennan), who operate a boat for hire based on the island of Martinique During World War II.

However, because the war is going on all around them business is not what it could be and after a customer who owes them a large sum of money fails to pay up they are forced against their better judgment to violate their preferred neutrality and to take a job transporting a French Resistance leader, Paul de Bursac (Walter Szurovy) a fugitive on the run from the Nazis to Martinique along with his wife Hellene (Dolores Moran).

His life is further complicated by the presence of Marie "Slim" Browning (Lauren Bacall), a sassy singer in the club where Morgan spends most of his days where pianist Cricket (Hoagy Carmichael) normally provides the entertainment.

The enjoyable screen adaption of Hemingway's Novel is a classic stands the test of time in its own right but it also enjoys its place in cinematic history because it is the first screen teaming of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – KEY LARGO (1948)

 

Key Largo, directed by John Huston, is a post war triller in which Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) travels to a seedy run-down hotel on Key Largo to honour the memory of a friend who died bravely in his unit during WW II.

At the hotel he meets his friend's widow, Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall), and wheelchair bound father, James Temple (Lionel Barrymore) who manage the hotel, and they receive him warmly.

As a hurricane approaches the three of them soon find themselves virtual prisoners when the hotel is taken over by a mob of gangsters led by Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) who hold up at the hotel to wait for the storm to pass.

Mr. Temple makes it perfectly clear that they are not welcome but due to his infirmities his protest are only verbal.

Meanwhile Frank is reluctant to act, having had a belly full of violence during the war, but after the constant demeaning treatment of his alcoholic moll, Gaye Dawn (Claire Trevor), and Rocco’s catalogue of killings, he is forced to take action.

Key Largo is a great movie and Bogart and Edward G. Robinson put in great performances and there is a tension that does not let up for a single second and keeps you on the edge of your seat from begin to end.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – CASABLANCA (1942)

 

Casablanca, is a wartime drama directed by Michael Curtiz, in which Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), is a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in French Morocco during the early stages of WWII.

Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain forged documents that will help them escape to America and he is used to running the gauntlet between the local authorities and the criminal fraternity, 

But one day Isla Lund (Ingrid Bergman), a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, a well known anti-fascist leader, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), show up to his cafe, and Rick faces a tough decision, as events complicate his life.

Casablanca is a film with many special moments, but chief among them is when the orchestra plays La Marsellaise and Paul Henreid leads them and the rest of the non-Germans in the cafe in a rousing rendition and 80 years later, I still get a thrill from the stirring act of defiance.

It’s a fabulous film, a timeless classic, which  won the Oscar for Best Picture and best director for Michael Curtiz in 1943.
Both of these awards were due in no small part to the superb supporting cast of Claude Rains (Captain Louis Renault), Conrad Veidt (Major Heinrich Strasser), Sydney Greenstreet (Signor Ferrari), Peter Lorre (Ugarte), S.Z. Sakall (Carl), Madeleine Lebeau (Yvonne) and Dooley Wilson as Sam

Casablanca will be seen and loved by filmgoers for generations to come.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1947)

 

Directed by Henry Koster, the Christmas classic, The Bishop's Wife, tells the tale of an Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham played by David Niven, who has been working for months on the plans for a new cathedral, paid for by a selfish and stubborn widow Mrs. Hamilton, (Gladys Cooper).

As a result he begins to lose sight of his wife, Julia, (Loretta Young) and daughter Debbie (Karolyn Grimes) and of why he joined the church in the first place, so Dudley, an angel in human form, played by Cary Grant, is sent to help him, with the task of building a new cathedral and repairing his fractured marriage.

Dudley help’s everyone he meets, but not always in the way they would have chosen, nonetheless everyone liked Dudley, with the exception of Henry.
As Christmas approaches Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, at work, and in his family’s affections.

He even manages to affect his maid Matilda (Elsa Lanchester) and secretary Mildred Cassaway (Sara Haden).

Even the cynical old atheist family friend Professor Wutheridge (Monty Woolley) falls under his spell, eventually, but Dudley must be careful not to become too fond of earthly distractions.

It’s a gem of a movie which can be appreciated any time of year and has many memorable scenes but my favourite is when Sylvester, the taxi driver (James Gleason) befriends Julia and Dudley and they go ice skating in the park, in fact the sequence is one of the best things you’ll see in many a film, enjoy.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951)

 

No Highway in the Sky, is a thriller written by Nevil Shute and directed by Henry Koster, in which aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey (James Stewart) is being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new Reindeer class passenger plane designed by his company, Rutland.

The absent minded Honey boards the Reindeer class plane, and only realizes once on board, that the plane is due to fail catastrophically in a few hours after the plane is airborne when it has reached a specific number of flying hours, namely the tail section will separate from the fuselage, caused by metal fatigue after 1440 flying hours.

He decides to warn a member of the cabin crew, Marjorie Corder (Glynis Johns), who in turn informs Captain Samuelson (Niall MacGinnis) and Co-Pilot (Kenneth More). 

When they land at Gander Airport the tail section is thoroughly examined and deemed safe so Honey sabotages the plane by collapsing the undercarriage so it has to be grounded.

On his return to England he must set about proving his theory or face prosecution and dismissal and soon finds himself defending his sanity in an English courtroom.

Fortunately, a sympathetic actress, Monica Teasdale (Marlene Dietrich) and stewardess Marjorie Corder come to his defence.

 

As he is a widower with a 12-year-old daughter, Elspeth (Janette Scott), Monica and Marjorie take a liking to Mr Honey and Elspeth, and the latter is clearly lonely and isolated.

Monica Teasdale speaks to Honey's superiors on his behalf, claiming she believes in him and Marjorie stays on with Honey and his daughter as a nurse. 

 

There are also a host of household names of the British Cinema who add to the tension and authenticity of the tale, Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Squire, Dora Bryan, Felix Aylmer, Maurice Denham, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Bessie Love, to name a few.

James Stewart is simply wonderful as the boffin Mr. Honey, and Marlene Dietrich, who casts a lasting light on proceedings, are the stars in this film masterpiece and the supporting actors are on top of their game, in particular Janette Scott as the daughter, and the wonderful Glynis Johns in a typically faultless performance and the ever reliable Jack Hawkins.

A film definitely worth seeing, well scripted, well directed and well-acted, sadly, they don’t make movies like this anymore, and probably never will again.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961)

The Guns of Navarone, is a classic War movie based on the Alistair MacLean novel of the same name and directed by J. Lee Thompson.

A British led team of six Allied and Greek soldiers is sent to the Greek island of Navarone, occupied by German forces, to destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel, which threatens the safe evacuation of British troops from a neighbouring island.

As if the mission is not perilous enough, with such a large German presence on the island, they also have a traitor in their midst.

The menacing naval guns are embedded in a cliff with a big rock overhang, so the RAF are unable to destroy them from air, which is why a commando team is put together under the command of Maj. Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle), a renowned mountain climber, Capt. Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck) to get them up the formidable cliffs, a couple of native Greeks, Col. Andrea Stavros (Anthony Quinn) and Spyros Pappadimos (James Darren), explosives man, Cpl. John Anthony Miller (David Niven), and a tough anti-fascist veteran of the Spanish Civil War, CPO 'Butcher' Brown (Stanley Baker) and they are joined on the island by resistance fighters Maria Pappadimos (Irene Papas) and Anna (Gia Scala).

The film is full of tension as the group keep getting into and out of one situation after another and it crackles with excitement up to the dramatic conclusion, a film not be missed.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965)

 

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.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – THE ROBE (1953)

 

The Robe, Directed by Henry Koster, is set in the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, where Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton) is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth, but is tormented by his guilty conscience in the aftermath.

After the Crucifixion he gets drunk and wins Jesus' homespun robe and suffers nightmares and delusions after the event.

After a period of time in Rome he hopes to find a way to live with what he has done, and although still not believing in Jesus as a Messiah, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed. 

It’s a poignant script powerfully acted by Burton, while the lovely Jean Simmons is incredible as the young woman he loves, Diana. Michael Rennie is a quiet but forceful Peter, but Jay Robinson steals the picture as the depraved Emperor Caligula, and as he normally did Victor Mature played himself as Demetrius and there were a host of competent performances in the minor roles.

The cinematography is quite magnificent filmed in Cinemascope, while the film is graced by Alfred Newman beautifully and eerily haunting musical score.

A very watchable movie that stands the test of time but is not given the exposure it so richly deserves, perhaps because programmers are of a more secular bent.

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973)

 

Jesus Christ Superstar is based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice Rock Opera of the same name, directed by Norman Jewison.

It tells the story of the final 6 days in the life of Jesus Christ (Ted Neeley) seen primarily through the troubled eyes of Judas Iscariot (Carl Anderson)

Being filmed entirely on location in Israel lends the film an authenticity and the anachronistic manner of the sets, with contemporary weapons on display, such as at the Temple Market work like a bridge spanning two thousand years.

The songs are memorable and well performed in particular by Ted Neeley (Jesus) Carl Anderson (Judas) Yvonne Elliman (Mary Magdalene) Barry Dennen (Pontius Pilate) and Josh Mostel (King Herod)

It’s a must watch movie whether spiritually inclined or not.