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Release Date: 1965

Cast: Ed Wynn, José Ferrer, John Abbott, David McCallum, Telly Savalas, John Pickard, Joseph Schildkraut, John Wayne, Pat Boone, Van Heflin, Charlton Heston, John Lupton ...MORE

Cast: Ed Wynn, José Ferrer, John Abbott, David McCallum, Telly Savalas, John Pickard, Joseph Schildkraut, John Wayne, Pat Boone, Van Heflin, Charlton Heston, John Lupton, Dorothy McGuire, Roddy McDowall, Angela Lansbury, Cyril Delevanti, Donald Pleasence, Harry Wilson, Michael Anderson, Jr., Martin Landau, Kay Hammond, Jamie Farr, Frank Dekova, Max von Sydow, Frank Silvera, Richard Conte, Gary Raymond, Nehemiah Persoff, Marc Cavell, Robert Loggia, Ina Balin, Claude Rains, Celia Lovsky, Carroll Baker, Sal Mineo, Paul Stewart, Robert Blake, Michael Ansara, Marian Seldes, Victor Buono, Joanna Dunham, Phillip Coolidge, David Hedison, Janet Margolin, Michael Tolan, Shelley Winters, Frank Richards, Sidney Poitier ...LESS

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The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens and distributed by United Artists. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection. This film is notable for its large ensemble cast and for being the last film appearance of Claude Rains. The Greatest Story Ever Told originated as a U.S. radio series in 1947, half-hour episodes inspired by the Gospels. The series was adapted into a 1949 novel by Fulton Oursler, a senior editor at Reader's Digest. Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of 20th Century Fox,... MORE

The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 American epic film produced and directed by George Stevens and distributed by United Artists. It is a retelling of the story of Jesus Christ, from the Nativity through the Resurrection. This film is notable for its large ensemble cast and for being the last film appearance of Claude Rains. The Greatest Story Ever Told originated as a U.S. radio series in 1947, half-hour episodes inspired by the Gospels. The series was adapted into a 1949 novel by Fulton Oursler, a senior editor at Reader's Digest. Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of 20th Century Fox, acquired the film rights to the Oursler novel shortly after publication, but never brought it to pre-production. In 1958, when George Stevens was producing and directing The Diary of Anne Frank at 20th Century Fox, he became aware that the studio owned the rights to the Oursler property. Stevens created a company, 'The Greatest Story Productions', to film the novel. It took two years to write the screenplay. Stevens collaborated with Ivan Moffet and then with James Lee Barrett. It was the only time Stevens received screenplay credit for a film he directed. Ray Bradbury and Reginald Rose were considered LESS