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Bookmark this pageBarabbas (1961)
Director: Richard Fleischer
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the most stylish and successful epics to emerge from the Hollywood-on-the-Tiber phase of film history. Quinn plays the legendary thief whose spiritual/physical journey begins at the Crucifixion and ends in the Roman arena, with a period in the sulphur mines in between. The unexpected quality owes everything to Christopher Fry's highly literate dialogue and Fleischer's very considerable abilities as a director of action.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Fleischer
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano, Jack Palance, Arthur Kennedy, Norman Wooland, Valentina Cortese, Harry Andrews full cast
Genre(s): Epics
Duration: 144 mins
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