The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Cast & Crew

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Directed by George Stevens.

Cast

• 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

Crew

• George Stevens — Director
• James Lee Barrett — Screenplay
• George Stevens — Screenplay
• George Stevens — Producer
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• Loyal Griggs — Director of Photography
• William C. Mellor — Director of Photography
• George Stevens Jr. — Producer
• Fulton Oursler — Novel

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