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The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965Feature film191 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · epic film · sword-and-sandal film · Christian film

Credits

Art department

David S. Hall — Art direction
Richard Day — Art direction
William J. Creber — Art direction

Cinematography

Loyal Griggs — Cinematography
William C. Mellor — Cinematography

Direction

George Stevens — Directing
David Lean — Directing

Editing

Harold F. Kress — Editing

Music

Alfred Newman — Music composition

Cast

Max von Sydow — Acting
Martin Landau — Acting
José Ferrer — Acting
Charlton Heston — Acting
Telly Savalas — Acting
Angela Lansbury — Acting
Dorothy McGuire — Acting
Robert Loggia — Acting
Gary Raymond — Acting
David McCallum — Acting
Sal Mineo — Acting
Claude Rains — Acting
Ina Balin — Acting
Janet Margolin — Acting
Sidney Poitier — Acting
Carroll Baker — Acting
John Wayne — Acting
Roddy McDowall — Acting
Donald Pleasence — Acting
Leonard Mudie — Acting
Pat Boone — Acting
Victor Buono — Acting
Richard Conte — Acting
Joanna Dunham — Acting
Van Heflin — Acting
Nehemiah Persoff — Acting
Joseph Schildkraut — Acting
Paul Stewart — Acting
Shelley Winters — Acting
Ed Wynn — Acting
John Abbott — Acting
Michael Ansara — Acting
Robert Blake — Acting
John Crawford — Acting
Frank de Kova — Acting
Jamie Farr — Acting
David Hedison — Acting
Mark Lenard — Acting
Marian Seldes — Acting
Abraham Sofaer — Acting
Harold J. Stone — Acting
Michael Tolan — Acting
Jay C. Flippen — Acting
Celia Lovsky — Acting
Victor Lundin — Acting
Johnny Seven — Acting
Christopher Lee — Acting
Cyril Delevanti — Acting
John Lupton — Acting
Rodolfo Acosta — Acting
Frank Silvera — Acting
Richard Bakalyan — Acting
Kay Hammond — Acting

Production

George Stevens — Production
George Stevens, Jr. — Production

Writing

Carl Sandburg — Screenwriting
George Stevens — Screenwriting
James Lee Barrett — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
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Distribution

Vudu

International
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Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
15 Feb 1965Checked 29 Sep 2026
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