From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Genres:
Max von Sydow as Jesus
Michael Anderson Jr. as James the Younger
Carroll Baker as Veronica
Ina Balin as Martha of Bethany
Victor Buono as Sorak
Richard Conte as Barabbas
Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene
José Ferrer as Herod Antipas
Van Heflin as Bar Amand
Charlton Heston as John the Baptist
Martin Landau as Caiaphas
Angela Lansbury as Claudia
Pat Boone as Angel at the Tomb
Janet Margolin as Mary of Bethany
David McCallum as Judas Iskarioth
Roddy McDowall as Matthew
Dorothy McGuire as The Virgin Mary
Sal Mineo as Uriah
Nehemiah Persoff as Shemiah
Donald Pleasence as The Dark Hermit - Satan
Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene
Claude Rains as King Herod
Gary Raymond as Simon Peter
Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate
Joseph Schildkraut as Nicodemus
Paul Stewart as Questor
John Wayne as Centurion at crucifixion
Shelley Winters as Woman who is healed
Ed Wynn as Old Aram
John Abbott as Aben
Rodolfo Acosta as Captain of lancers
Michael Ansara as Herod's commander
Robert Blake as Simon the Zealot
Burt Brinckerhoff as Andrew
Robert Busch as Emissary
John Considine as John
Philip Coolidge as Chuza
John Crawford as Alexander
Frank De Kova as The tormentor
Cyril Delevanti as Melchior
Jamie Farr as Thaddaeus
David Hedison as Philip
Russell Johnson as Scribe
Mark Lenard as Balthazar
Robert Loggia as Joseph
John Lupton as Speaker of Capernaum
Peter Mann as Nathanael
Tom Reese as Thomas
Marian Seldes as Herodias
David Sheiner as James the Elder
Frank Silvera as Caspar
Joseph Sirola as Dumah
Abraham Sofaer as Joseph of Arimathaea
Harold J. Stone as Gen. Varus
Chet Stratton as Theophilus
Michael Tolan as Lazarus
Ron Whelan as Annas
Jay C. Flippen as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court
Celia Lovsky as Woman Behind Railings
Joseph V. Perry as Archelaus
Marc Cavell as Bad Thief on Cross
Johnny Seven as Pilate's Aide
Dal Jenkins as Philip
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