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The Greatest Story Ever Told

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Time Out says

Interminable and intolerably reverential rendering of the Life of Christ, originally made in Ultra Panavision 70mm, and soon cut for general release to 225 minutes (with subsequent versions even further shorn, the most ruthless being 127 minutes). Max von Sydow's remarkable performance is consistently undermined by dozens of ill-chosen cameos, such as John Wayne's 'Truly, this man was the Son of Gaaard' Centurion, and Shelley Winters yelling 'I'm cured!' as the Woman of No Name. Sydow resists the temptation to engage the Devil (Pleasence) in a game of chess.
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Release Details

  • Duration:225 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:George Stevens
  • Screenwriter:James Lee Barrett, George Stevens
  • Cast:
    • Max von Sydow
    • Carroll Baker
    • Pat Boone
    • Victor Buono
    • Richard Conte
    • Jose Ferrer
    • Van Heflin
    • Charlton Heston
    • Angela Lansbury
    • David McCallum
    • Roddy McDowall
    • Dorothy McGuire
    • Sal Mineo
    • Donald Pleasence
    • Sidney Poitier
    • Claude Rains
    • Telly Savalas
    • John Wayne
    • Shelley Winters
    • Ed Wynn
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