The Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.
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| Peter Ustinov | ... | Gideon | |
| José Ferrer | ... | Angel of the Lord | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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David Barton | ... | Jether |
| Robert Casper | ... | Zebah | |
| Eric Christmas | ... | Shillem | |
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Booth Colman | ... | Hezekiah |
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Harry Davis | ... | Abimelech |
| Alfred Dennis | ... | Helek | |
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Gerardine Douglas | ... | Mahlah |
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Little Egypt | ... | Orpah |
| Harry Ellerbe | ... | Jahleel | |
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William Hansen | ... | Ozni |
| Priscilla Morrill | ... | Tirzah | |
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Gregory Morton | ... | Malchiel |
| Arnold Moss | ... | Joash | |
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The Angel of God and an ordinary shepherd named Gideon debate obedience versus disobedience to God.
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character name as title | gideon character | angel of god character | one word title | based on play |Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 March 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hallmark Hall of Fame: Gideon (#20.3) See more »Company Credits
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The original Broadway production of "Gideon" by Paddy Chayefsky opened at the Plymouth Theater in New York City on November 9, 1961, ran for two hundred thirty-six performances, and was nominated for the 1962 Tony Award for the Best Play. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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"Gideon" is a wonderful play and was a memorable TV production. The Gideon of the title is an ordinary shepherd, as I recall, and when the Angel of God asks him to do something, Gideon stubbornly refuses. The play is their continuing debate on obedience versus disobedience to God, and Peter Ustinov and Jose Ferrer give superior performances. I've never forgotten "Gideon" and long to see it again. I hope it still exists in the Hallmark Hall of Fame film vault. In the 1970s, Sister Mary Corita Kent used an apt quotation from the play for one of her powerful posters: "It is Passion, Gideon, that carries a man to God, and passion is a balky beast.... Yet it inspirits man's sessile soul above his own inadequate world and makes real such things as beauty, fancy, love, and God.... Passion is the very fact of God in man that makes him other than a brute...." Ustinov and Ferrer brought their own great passion to this play and it ought to be restored (if necessary) and shown again.