The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $15,473,333Details
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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 15th, 1965 (Wide) by MGM
MPA Rating: G (1972 - previously rated G in 1962)
Running Time: 260 minutes
Plot point: Religious
Social setting: Bible Epic
Subgenre: Faith-Based Drama
Target audience: Faith-Based Film
Time period setting: Ancient Rome
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Martin Landau    Caiaphas
Janet Margolin    Mary of Bethany
Sal Mineo    Uriah
Van Heflin    Bar Amand
Richard Conte    Barabbas
Ed Wynn    Old Aram
José Ferrer    Herod Antipas
Pat Boone    Young man at the tomb
Shelley Winters    Woman of no name
Telly Savalas    Pontius Pilate
Roddy McDowall    Matthew
Sidney Poitier    Simon of Cyrene
Angela Lansbury    Claudia
John Wayne    The Centurion
Claude Rains    King Herod
Charlton Heston    John the Baptist
Robert Loggia    Jospeh
Max von Sydow    Jesus

Supporting

Donald Pleasance    The Dark Hermit / Satan

Michael Ansara    Herod's commander

Production and Technical Credits

David Lean    Director
George Stevens    Director
George Stevens    Screenwriter
James Lee Barrett    Screenwriter

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.


Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$20,000,000 (worldwide box office is 0.8 times production budget)

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: February 15th, 1965 (Wide) by MGM
MPA Rating: G (1972 - previously rated G in 1962)
Running Time: 260 minutes
Plot point: Religious
Social setting: Bible Epic
Subgenre: Faith-Based Drama
Target audience: Faith-Based Film
Time period setting: Ancient Rome
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Martin Landau    Caiaphas
Janet Margolin    Mary of Bethany
Sal Mineo    Uriah
Van Heflin    Bar Amand
Richard Conte    Barabbas
Ed Wynn    Old Aram
José Ferrer    Herod Antipas
Pat Boone    Young man at the tomb
Shelley Winters    Woman of no name
Telly Savalas    Pontius Pilate
Roddy McDowall    Matthew
Sidney Poitier    Simon of Cyrene
Angela Lansbury    Claudia
John Wayne    The Centurion
Claude Rains    King Herod
Charlton Heston    John the Baptist
Robert Loggia    Jospeh
Max von Sydow    Jesus

Supporting

Donald Pleasance    The Dark Hermit / Satan

Michael Ansara    Herod's commander

Production and Technical Credits

David Lean    Director
George Stevens    Director
George Stevens    Screenwriter
James Lee Barrett    Screenwriter

Cast and crew with above-the-line roles are marked in bold. The line marks the division between above-the-line and below-the-line roles.