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6.3/10
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Director:
Melville Shavelson
Writers:
Ted Berkman (book)Melville Shavelson (written by)
Release Date:
30 March 1966 (USA)
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Genre:
Adventure / Drama / History / War more
Tagline:
Outnumbered - unarmed - unprepared - they stunned the world with their incredible victory! more
Plot Summary:
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots...
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Plot Keywords:
Historical
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Based On Book
User Comments:
An Epic that Never Was.........
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(Cast overview, first billed only)Kirk Douglas ... Col. David 'Mickey' MarcusSenta Berger ... Magda SimonAngie Dickinson ... Emma MarcusJames Donald ... Maj. SafirStathis Giallelis ... Ram OrenLuther Adler ... Jacob ZionTopol ... Abou Ibn KaderRuth White ... Mrs. ChaisonGordon Jackson ... James MacAfeeMichael Hordern ... British ambassadorAllan Cuthbertson ... Immigration officerJeremy Kemp ... British Immigration seniorSean Barrett ... British Immigration juniorMichael Shillo ... Andre SimonRina Ganor ... Ronamore
Runtime:
146 min/ USA:138 min (DVD version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English / Hebrew
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16/ South Korea:12/ Sweden:15/ Argentina:Atp/ Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Company:
Batjac Productions
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Goofs:
Anachronisms: Colonel Marcus arrives in Palestine in early 1948 on a civilian Boeing Stratocruiser. The first Stratocruisers were delivered to the airlines in February 1949, nearly a year later.
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Quotes:
Emma Marcus:
I was the only girl in Brooklyn who didn't get pregnant during the war.
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus:
Hm?
Emma Marcus:
My mother kept the statistics.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Marchio di Kriminal, Il (1968)
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6 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
An Epic that Never Was........., 25 August 2003
Author:
philip migliore (migliore17@comcast.net) from New Hope, PA
"Exodus" & "Cast a Giant Shadow"
are the only films I know which focus
on Israel's War for Independence.
"Exodus" was too talky,
"Cast a Giant Shadow"
should have been a great film,
up there with CB DeMille's 1959
version of
"The Buccaneer", or the
1932 version of
"All Quiet on the Western Front".
Yet "Cast a Giant Shadow"
was virtually ignored when released.I remember in 1969 the director
was on Johnny Carson and "Cast a Giant Shadow"
came up, the director began explaining
the plot and that the film had
Yul Brenner, Kirk Douglas,
John Wayne, Frank Sinatra,
Senta Berger, Angie Dickersen.
Seated next to the
director was an earlier guest,
and he thought the
"Cast a Giant Shadow"
was a great idea,
he wanted to know when
the film woulded be released.
Then was told it had
been released two years earlier.
The director then explained why he
believed the film was panned.
He answered; it was because it
contained an important scene
were Frank Sinatra gets killed.Several years later
my father told me a story that when
the outside shots of the film Marty were
being filmed in the Bronx,
around Gunhill and White Plaines Roads,
Ernest Borgnine was frequently
heckled by bystanders
who yelled,
"Get lost, you're the guy who
killed Frank Sinatra"
(Here to Eternity)
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