King of Kings [Blu-ray]

King of Kings [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter
, Siobhan McKenna
Siobhan McKenna
, Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
, Hurd Hatfield
Hurd Hatfield
, Viveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors
King of Kings [Blu-ray]

King of Kings [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter
, Siobhan McKenna
Siobhan McKenna
, Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
, Hurd Hatfield
Hurd Hatfield
, Viveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors

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Overview

One major film star referred to director Nicholas Ray as a "loser," because of Ray's alleged willingness to let his more temperamental actors walk all over him. Evidently, Ray had a very compliant and cooperative cast in King of Kings, inasmuch as the film emerged as one of the most disciplined Biblical epics ever made. Jeffrey Hunter is cast as Jesus Christ, delivering a wholly credible performance in this most taxing of roles (never mind the wags who referred to the film as "I Was a Teenage Jesus"). Siobhan McKenna is a radiant if somewhat overaged Mary; Hurd Hatfield offers a properly preening Pontius Pilate; Rip Torn portrays Judas more for the tragedy than the treachery; Robert Ryan (a personal favorite of Ray's) is one of the best John the Baptists you're ever likely to see; and Harry Guardino convincingly interprets Barabbas as a firebrand political extremist. The only false note in the casting is the MGM-dictated selection of teenaged Brigid Bazlen as Salome. The best aspect of the film is its handling of the days after the Resurrection; the "Jesus sightings" are offered as secondhand information, so as to retain some of the mystery inherent in the Scriptures. King of Kings was previously filmed in 1927 by Cecil B. DeMille, with a middle-aged H.B. Warner as Jesus.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/29/2011
UPC: 0883929174508
Original Release: 1961
Rating: PG-13
Source: Warner Home Video
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 2:51:00
Sales rank: 16,228

Special Features

Vintage Featurette The Camera's Window of the World; Premiere Newsreels; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jeffrey Hunter Jesucristo
Siobhan McKenna María
Robert Ryan John the Baptist
Hurd Hatfield Poncio Pilato
Viveca Lindfors Claudia
Harry Guardino Barabbas
Rip Torn Judas
Ron Randell Lucius, the Centurion
Rita Gam Herodias
Carmen Sevilla Mary Magdalene
Brigid Bazlen Salome
Frank Thring Herod Antipas
Guy Rolfe Caiphas
Maurice Marsac Nicodemus
Royal Dano Peter
Edric Connor Balthazar
George Coulouris Camel Driver
Jose Antonio Young John
Luis Prendes Good Thief
David Davies Burly Man
Jose Nieto Caspar
Ruben Rojo Matthew
Fernando Sancho Madman
Michael Wager Thomas
Felix de Pomes Joseph of Arimathea
Adriano Rimoldi Melchior
Barry Keegan Bad Thief
Rafael Luis Calvo Simon of Cyrene
Tino Barrero Andrew
Francisco Moran Blind Man
Orson Welles Narrator
Grégoire Aslan Herod
Conrado San Martín General Pompey
Gérard Tichy Joseph
Antonio Mayans Young John
Ray Milland Satan
Carmen Sevilia Mary Magdalene
Ted de Corsia Innkeeper/Complainer
Miklós Rózsa Composer

Technical Credits
Nicholas Ray Director
Philip Yordan Screenwriter
Samuel Bronston Producer
Alex Weldon Special Effects
Lee LeBlanc Special Effects
Jaime Prades Producer
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