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Release Date: 1965

Cast: Robert Blake, Claude Rains, Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Michael Ansara, José Ferrer, Victor Buono, Phillip Coolidge, Harry Wilson, Jamie Farr, Sal Mineo, Angela Lansbury ...MORE

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