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Cast a Giant Shadow (Original title)
Date: 1966 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Melville Shavelson

Synopsis: Biography of David Marcus, an American colonel who became an Israeli general during the war of 1948.

Genre:
Biopic
Credits (22)
Production Company: Mirisch Corporation, Production Company: Llenroc Productions, Production Company: Batjac Productions, Producer: Melville Shavelson, Co-producer: Michael Wayne, Production Manager: Nate Edwards, 2nd Unit Director: Jack N. Reddish, Assistant Director: Charles Scott Jr., Assistant Director: Tim Zinnemann, Casting: Irene Howard, Screenplay: Melville Shavelson, Original Biography: Ted Berkman, Director of Photography: Aldo Tonti, Special Effects: Sass Bedig, Editor: Bert Bates, Editor: Gene Ruggiero, Production Designer: Michael Stringer, Art Director: Arrigo Equini, Titles: Pacific Title, Music: Elmer Bernstein, Sound: David Bowen
Cast (34)
Kirk Douglas (Colonel David 'Mickey' Marcus), Senta Berger (Magda Simon), Angie Dickinson (Emma Marcus), Luther Adler (Jacob Zion), Stathis Giallelis (Ram Oren), James Donald (Major Safir), Yul Brynner (Asher Gonen), John Wayne (General Mike Randolph), Frank Sinatra (Spence Talmadge), Gordon Jackson (James MacAfee), Topol (Abou Ihn Kadir), Ruth White (Mrs Chaison), Michael Shillo (André Simon), Rina Gaynor (Rona), Shlomo Hermon (Yussuf), Michael Hordern (British ambassador), Gary Merrill (chief of staff), Allan Cuthbertson (immigration officer), Jeremy Kemp (senior officer), Sean Barrett (junior officer), Roland Bartrop (Bert Harrison), Vera Dolen (Mrs Martison), Robert Gardett (General Walsh), Michael Balston (1st sentry), Claude Aliotti (2nd sentry), Samra Dedes (belly dancer), Michael Shagrir (truck driver), Frank Latimore, Ken Buckle (U.N. officer), Rodd Dana (aide to Randolph), Robert Ross (aide to chief of staff), Arthur Hansell (officer), Dan Sturkie (parachute sergeant), Hillel Rave (Yaakov)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (9)
In: Film Score Monthly v7 n5 July 2002  Page: 31,32
Title: Score: reviews of current releases on CDAuthor: KENNEDY, Steven A. Article type: Soundtrack ReviewLanguage: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v235 n14 13 Apr 1966  Page: 499
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v235 n14 13 Apr 1966: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 30 Mar 1966
Title: [Variety - 30 Mar 1966: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v33 n392 September 1966  Page: 136
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v33 n392 September 1966: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n9254 10 Aug 1966  Page: 8
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9254 10 Aug 1966: no known title]Language: English

In: The Film Daily v128 n61 30 Mar 1966  Page: 3
Title: [The Film Daily - v128 n61 30 Mar 1966: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v190 n6 30 Mar 1966  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v190 n6 30 Mar 1966: no known title]Language: English

In: 8mm Magazine v5 n5 November 1966  Page: 263
Title: [8mm Magazine - v5 n5 November 1966: no known title]Language: English
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In: Kine Weekly n3072 18 Aug 1966  Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3072 18 Aug 1966: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (2)
Title: Reimagining the promised land: Israel and America in post-war Hollywood cinema
Author: Wallis, Rodney  Pages: ix, 231 pages

Title: How to make a Jewish movie
Author: SHAVELSON, Melville  Pages: 244p.