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Director:
Frank Borzage
Writers:
Lloyd C. Douglas (novel)
Howard Estabrook (writer)
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Release Date:
4 August 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Howard Keel ... Simon Peter
Susan Kohner ... Fara
John Saxon ... Voldi
Martha Hyer ... Herodias

Herbert Lom ... Herod Antipas
Ray Stricklyn ... Deran

Marian Seldes ... Arnon
Alexander Scourby ... David Ben-Zadok
Beulah Bondi ... Hannah
Jay Barney ... John the Baptist
Charlotte Fletcher ... Rennah
Mark Dana ... Zendi
Rhodes Reason ... Andrew
Henry Brandon ... Menicus
Brian G. Hutton ... John (as Brian Hutton)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
180 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | USA:G (1969)
Filming Locations:
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Walt Disney Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the first film shot in Super Panavision 70, but the process is credited on-screen as "Panavision 70". more
Movie Connections:
Follows Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Request this movie on DVD, 10 December 2004
Author: lonestar_92c from Texas

OK, I admit it. I am a long time friend of the heir to the estate of the composer, Albert Hay Malotte, who wrote the score for this movie.

Even if that were not true, I would still like to see this movie brought back and distributed on DVD.

We may start by hounding the Disney Music Company. Maybe they can give us more information on the movie rights.

WALT Disney MUSIC COMPANY

C/O Disney MUSIC PUBLISHING

ATTN: JULIE ENZER

500 SO BUENA VISTA, MC 6173

BURBANK , CA, 91521

Tel. (818) 569-3241

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