The Greatest Story Ever Told [Blu-ray]

Overview

Filmmaker George Stevens chose Monument Valley, Utah for his exterior sequences in The Greatest Story Ever Told, this ($20 million) adaptation of Fulton Oursler's best-selling book. The "Greatest Story" is, of course, the life of Jesus Christ, played herein by Max Von Sydow. The large supporting cast includes Dorothy McGuire as Mary, Claude Rains as Herod the Great, Jose Ferrer as Herod Antipas, Charlton Heston as John the Baptist, Donald Pleasence as Satan (identified only as "The Dark Hermit"), David McCallum as Judas Iscariot, Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene, Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate and Martin Landau as Caiaphas. Even Robert Blake as Simon the Zealot, Jamie Farr as Thaddaeus, and motorcyle-flick veteran Richard Bakalyan as Dismas, the repentant thief, are well-suited to their roles. Originally roadshown at 260 minutes, Greatest Story Ever Told was later available in a 195-minute version.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2011
UPC:	0883904232278
Original Release:	1965
Rating:	G
Source:	Mgm (Video & Dvd)
Language:	English
Time:	3:19:00
Sales rank:	11,326

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Max von Sydow	Jesus
Michael Anderson Jr.	James the Younger
Carrol Baker	Veronica
Ina Balin	Martha of Bethany
Victor Buono	Sorak
Richard Conte	Barabbas
Joanna Dunham	Mary Magdalene
José Ferrer	Herod Antipas
Van Heflin	Bar Amand
Charlton Heston	John the Baptist
Martin Landau	Caiaphas
Angela Lansbury	Claudia
Pat Boone	Angel at the Tomb,Actor
Janet Margolin	Mary of Bethany
Roddy McDowall	Matthew
Dorothy McGuire	The Virgin Mary
Sal Mineo	Uriah
Nehemiah Persoff	Shemiah
Donald Pleasence	The Dark Hermit - Satan
Sidney Poitier	Simon of Cyrene
Claude Rains	King Herod
Gary Raymond	Simon Peter
Telly Savalas	Pontius Pilate
Joseph Schildkraut	Nicodemus,Actor
Paul Stewart	Questor
John Wayne	Centurion at crucifixion
Shelley Winters	Woman who is healed
Ed Wynn	Old Aram
Rodolfo Acosta	Captain of lancers,Captain of Lancers
Michael Ansara	Herod's commander
Robert Blake	Simon the Zealot
Burt Brinckerhoff	Andrew
Robert Busch	Emissary
John Considine	John
Philip Coolidge	Chuza
John Crawford	Alexander
Frank DeKova	The tormentor
Cyril Delavanti	Melchior
Jamie Farr	Thaddaeus
Al Hedison	Philip
Russell D. Johnson	Scribe
Mark Lenard	Balthazar
Robert Loggia	Joseph
John Lupton	Speaker of Capernaum
Peter Mann	Nathanael
Marian Seldes	Herodias
David Sheiner	James the Elder
Frank Silvera	Caspar
Joe Sirola	Dumah
Abraham Sofaer	Joseph of Arimathaea
Harold J. Stone	Gen. Varus
Chet Stratton	Theophilus
Lawrence Tolan	Lazarus
Ron Whelan	Annas
J.C. Flippen	Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
Celia Lovsky	Woman Behind Railings
Joseph Perry	Archelaus
Marc Cavell	Bad Thief on Cross
Johnny Seven	Pilate's Aide
Dal Jenkins	Philip
Michael Anderson	James the Younger
John Pickard	Peter's 2nd accuser
Alfred Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

James Lee Barrett

James Lee Barrett	Screenwriter
George Stevens Jr.	Producer