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The Story of Mankind
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Directed by
Irwin Allen 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Irwin Allen 
Charles Bennett 
Henrik Van Loon  novel

Cast (in credits order)

Ronald Colman ... The Spirit of Man

Hedy Lamarr ... Joan of Arc

Groucho Marx ... Peter Minuit

Harpo Marx ... Sir Isaac Newton

Chico Marx ... Monk

Virginia Mayo ... Cleopatra

Agnes Moorehead ... Queen Elizabeth I

Vincent Price ... Mr. Scratch / The Devil

Peter Lorre ... Nero

Charles Coburn ... Hippocrates
Cedric Hardwicke ... High Judge

Cesar Romero ... Spanish Envoy

John Carradine ... Khufu

Dennis Hopper ... Napoleon Bonaparte
Marie Wilson ... Marie Antoinette
Helmut Dantine ... Marc Antony

Edward Everett Horton ... Sir Walter Raleigh
Reginald Gardiner ... William Shakespeare
Marie Windsor ... Josephine Bonaparte
George E. Stone ... Waiter
Cathy O'Donnell ... Early Christian Woman
Franklin Pangborn ... Marquis de Varennes
Melville Cooper ... Major Domo
Henry Daniell ... Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais

Francis X. Bushman ... Moses
Jim Ameche ... Alexander Graham Bell
David Bond ... Early Christian
Nick Cravat ... Devil's Apprentice
Dani Crayne ... Helen of Troy
Richard H. Cutting ... Court Attendant
Anthony Dexter ... Christopher Columbus
Toni Gerry ... Wife
Austin Green ... Abraham Lincoln
Eden Hartford ... Laughing Water
Alexander Lockwood ... Promoter
Melinda Marx ... Early Christian Child
Bart Mattson ... Cleopatra's Brother
Don Megowan ... Early Man
Marvin Miller ... Armana
Nancy Miller ... Early Woman
Leonard Mudie ... Chief Inquisitor
Burt Nelson ... Second Early Man
Tudor Owen ... High Tribunal Clerk
Ziva Rodann ... Egyptian Concubine
Harry Ruby ... Indian Brave

William Schallert ... Earl of Warwick
Reginald Sheffield ... Julius Caesar
Abraham Sofaer ... Indian Chief
Bobby Watson ... Adolf Hitler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Harris ... Nobleman in Queen Elizabeth's Court (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Pharaoh's Guard (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto ... Dwarf in Nero's Court (uncredited)
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Produced by
Irwin Allen .... producer
George E. Swink .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Paul Sawtell 
 
Cinematography by
Nicholas Musuraca 
 
Film Editing by
Roland Gross 
Gene Palmer 
 
Art Direction by
Art Loel 
 
Costume Design by
Marjorie Best 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Don Alvarado .... assistant director (as Joseph Don Page)
 
Sound Department
Stanley Jones .... sound mixer
 
Music Department
Leon Birnbaum .... music editor
Robert Tracy .... music editor
 

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