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Joseph Breen (adaptation) and
Samuel James Larsen (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
6 May 1955 (USA) more
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A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well. full summary | add synopsis
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Actor Purdom Dies
(From WENN. 3 January 2009, 5:54 AM, PST)
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Get ready to sleep more (18 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lana Turner | ... | Samarra |
 | Edmund Purdom | ... | Micah |
 | Louis Calhern | ... | Nahreeb |
| Audrey Dalton | ... | Ruth |
 | James Mitchell | ... | Asham |
| Neville Brand | ... | Rhakim |
| Walter Hampden | ... | Eli |
| Taina Elg | ... | Elissa |
| Francis L. Sullivan | ... | Bosra |
 | Joseph Wiseman | ... | Carmish |
| John Dehner | ... | Joram |
| Sandy Descher | ... | Yasmin (as Sandra Descher) |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Governor |
| Philip Tonge | ... | Barber-Surgeon |
| David Leonard | ... | Blind man |
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112 min (TCM print)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
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Ava Gardner and Vittorio Gassman were originally cast as Edmund Purdom's co-stars. more
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Micah: [Referring to Ruth] If she did come, I would tell her that what cannot be forgotten can sometimes be forgiven. more
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Featured in Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001) (TV) more
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THE PRODIGAL is one of the dullest films I've ever seen. There's almost no need to watch this pseudo-Biblical film because there's nothing worthwhile about it. The pacing is glacially slow. The acting is wooden. The dialogue, risible. And the much vaunted sets are more on the side of tacky than spectacular. And a miscast Lana Turner has basically a secondary character. No wonder it's forgotten. But the film's biggest liability is the main character, Micah, who's a complete jerk. Micah is about to get married to a beautiful but ordinary girl but when he sees Turner, he drops the girl and tries to woo Turner. When it doesn't work, he goes back to his family and all is forgotten. How Christian of him!
Seriously, this film sucks. It's the weakest film in the Historical Classic package, which also contains COLOSSUS OF RHODES and LAND OF THE PHARAOHS, which are much better and more entertaining than this static, tacky disaster.