Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
2h 26m
Running Time
March 30, 1966Release Date
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
2h 26m
Running Time
March 30, 1966Release Date
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Plot.
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 heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
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Cast & Crew.
Kirk Douglas
Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus
John Wayne
Gen. Mike Randolph
Senta Berger
Magda Simon
Angie Dickinson
Emma Marcus
James Donald
Maj. Safir
Yul Brynner
Asher Gonen
Frank Sinatra
Vince Talmadge
Stathis Giallelis
Ram Oren
Luther Adler
Jacob Zion
Gordon Jackson
James MacAfee
Topol
Abou Ibn Kader
Ruth White
Mrs. Chaison
Michael Hordern
British Ambassador
Allan Cuthbertson
Immigration Officer
Jeremy Kemp
Senior British Officer
Sean Barrett
Junior British Officer
Michael Shillo
Andre Simon
Rina Ganor
Rona
Roland Bartrop
Bert Harrison
Robert Gardett
General Walsh
Michael Balston
1st Sentry
Michael Douglas
Jeep Driver (uncredited)
Claude Aliotti
2nd Sentry
Samra Dedes
Belly Dancer
Micha Shagrir
Truck Driver
Frank Latimore
1st U.N. Officer
Ken Buckle
2nd U.N. Officer
Rod Dana
Aide to Gen. Randolph
Robert Ross
Aide to Chief of Staff
Arthur Hansel
Pentagon Officer
Dan Sturkie
Jump Sergeant
Hillel Rave
Yaakov
Shlomo Hermon
Yussuff
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Melville Shavelson
Director / Producer / Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Aldo Tonti
Director of Photography
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
Marion Mertes
Script Supervisor
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Patrick J. Palmer
Unit Manager
Charles R. Scott Jr.
Assistant Director
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Ferdinando Ruffo
Set Decoration
Michael Wayne
Co-Producer
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Shlomo Mugrabi
Unit Production Manager
David Bowen
Sound
Adolfo Bartoli
Lighting Technician
Tim Zinnemann
Assistant Director
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Joe LaBella
Property Master
Chuck Overhulser
Sound Editor
Jack N. Reddish
Second Unit Director / Assistant Director
Joseph Nathanson
Matte Painter
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 30, 1966
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 26m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
israel
middle east conflict
Wiki.
Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 American action film based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus, and stars Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson. Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed. The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus, who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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