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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
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The life of Jesus Christ. |
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| Max von Sydow | ... | ||
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Michael Anderson Jr. | ... | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | ||
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Ina Balin | ... | |
| Victor Buono | ... | ||
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Richard Conte | ... | |
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Joanna Dunham | ... | |
| José Ferrer | ... | ||
| Van Heflin | ... | ||
| Charlton Heston | ... | ||
| Martin Landau | ... | ||
| Angela Lansbury | ... | ||
| Pat Boone | ... | ||
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Janet Margolin | ... | |
| David McCallum | ... | ||
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George Stevens' epic production. "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect. It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved. Star-studded cast includes Max Von Sydow (as Jesus), Dorothy McGuire (as Mary), Robert Loggia (as Joseph), Charlton Heston (as John the Baptist), Michael Anderson, Jr., Robert Blake, Jamie Farr, David McCallum, Roddy McDowall, Ina Balin, Janet Margolin, Sidney Poitier, Carroll Baker, Pat Boone, Van Heflin, Sal Mineo, Shelley Winters, Ed Wynn, John Wayne, Telly Savalas, Angela Lansbury, Paul Stewart, Harold J. Stone, Martin Landau, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Buono, Jose Ferrer, Claude Rains, Donald Pleasence, Richard Conte and Cyril Delevanti. Written by alfiehitchie
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Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$12,000,000 (Worldwide) (December 1969)Company Credits
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Narrator: In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I am He. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, was made nothing that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of man. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. The greatest story ever told...
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(uncredited)
from "The Messiah"
Music by George Frideric Handel See more »
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Being a perfectionist, George Stevens did many takes of John Wayne's single line, "Truly, this man was the son of God." A rumor has long persisted that at one stage Stevens pleaded with Wayne to show more emotion, an overwhelming sense of awe. During the next take, Wayne changed the line to, "Aw, truly this man was the son of God." See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Differences from the Bible accounts, and other historical inaccuracies, are not being counted as goofs, especially when they're reliant on sectarian traditions or Renaissance/Baroque art. See more »Quotes
Narrator: [first lines]Narrator: In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I am He. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, was made nothing that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of man. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. The greatest story ever told...
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"Hallelujah Chorus"(uncredited)
from "The Messiah"
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