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30 March 1966 (USA)
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Outnumbered - unarmed - unprepared - they stunned the world with their incredible victory! more
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An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kirk Douglas | ... | Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus |
 | Senta Berger | ... | Magda Simon |
 | Angie Dickinson | ... | Emma Marcus |
| James Donald | ... | Maj. Safir |
| Stathis Giallelis | ... | Ram Oren |
| Luther Adler | ... | Jacob Zion |
| Topol | ... | Abou Ibn Kader |
| Ruth White | ... | Mrs. Chaison |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | James MacAfee |
| Michael Hordern | ... | British ambassador |
| Allan Cuthbertson | ... | Immigration officer |
| Jeremy Kemp | ... | British Immigration senior |
| Sean Barrett | ... | British Immigration junior |
| Michael Shillo | ... | Andre Simon |
| Rina Ganor | ... | Rona |
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146 min | USA:138 min (DVD version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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West Germany:12 (f) |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-16 |
South Korea:12 |
Sweden:15 |
Argentina:Atp |
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During filming in August 1965 John Wayne enraged director Melville Shavelson with his views on the Watts Riots.
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Crew or equipment visible: In a sequence portraying a night attack of an enemy position, there is a brief cutaway from the action to a shot of Mickey, Asher Gonen, and Magda intently listening to reports from the battle. At the moment the cut to this shot occurs, the slate is visible being withdrawn from the frame, from left to right. In freeze frame, one can even see the title, "Cast A Giant Shadow" printed at the top of the slate.
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Vince Talmadge:
Hey, don't leave me here! I'm anti-Semitic!
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Featured in Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006) (V)
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One of the greatest casts ever assembled for a single film including Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson and others was put completely to waste in this film of unfulfilled potential. Sadly, despite a disproportionate amount of Jews in influential positions in Hollywood, Exodus and Cast a Giant Shadow remain the only two major films on the subject of Israeli independence.
Clearly almost the entire budget was spent on a two minute cameo by John Wayne because even for 1966 the special effects were poor, the dialogue was flat, the plot was boring, many scenes made little sense, and every actor either seemed bored with his or her role or they overacted. For a movie based on actual events the filmmakers due an incredibly poor job of explaining how things actually come to pass in the movie, maybe the truth was just too boring. The film sends a message but it is poorly conveyed and in the end I simply am left unsatisfied with a desire to see a Longest Day type caliber movie about the Israeli War of Independence.