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Al- RISALAH (Original title)The MESSAGE (Alternative title)MOHAMMAD MESSENGER OF GOD (Alternative title)
Date: 1976 (Release)

Country: Lebanon

Director: Moustapha Akkad

Synopsis: Epic drama based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad.

Genres:
Biopic, Historical drama
Releases
Date: 1976Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - EastmancolorRuntime: 182 mins Length: 16424 Feet

Credits (35)
Production Company: Filmco International Productions, Producer: Moustapha Akkad, Associate Producer: Harold Buck, Associate Producer: Mohammad Sanousi, Production Manager: Robert Simmonds, Production Manager: Moustapha Hijaouy, Production Supervisor: Geoffrey Helman, Production Co-ordinator: Andrew Marton, Assistant Director: Gus Agosti, Assistant Director: Carlos Gil, Assistant Director: Abdessamad Dinia, Screenplay: H.A.L. Craig, Script Collaborator: Haider al-Safi, Script Collaborator: Tawfik al-Hakim, Script Collaborator: A. B. Rahman al-Sharkawi, Script Collaborator: Mohammad Ali Maher, Director of Photography: Jack Hildyard, Special Photographic Effects: Said Bakr, Special Photographic Effects: Ibrahim Salem, Editor: John Bloom, Production Designer: Tambi Larsen, Production Designer: Maurice Fowler, Art Director: Norman Dorme, Art Director: Abdelmouneim Chukri, Set Decorator: Terry Parr, Set Decorator: Nejib Khoury, Costumes: Phyllis Dalton, Music composed and conducted: Maurice Jarre, Sound Recording: David Hildyard, Sound Re-recording: Gerry Humphreys, Sound Editor: Chris Greenham, Stunt arranger: Ken Buckle, Religious adviser: Shaikh Abdallah al-Alayli, Horsemaster: Tommy Reeves
Cast (36)
Richard Johnson (), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Music performed), Anthony Quinn (Hanza), Irene Papas (Hind), Michael Ansara (Abu Sofyan), Johnny Sekka (Bilal), Michael Forest (Khalid), Damien Thomas (Zaid), Garrick Hagon (Ammar), Ronald Chenery (Mosaab), Michael Godfrey (Barra), Peter Madden (Toothless Man), Habib Ageli (Hudayfa), George Camiller (Waleed), Neville Jason (Jaafar), Martin Benson (Abu Jahal), Robert Brown (Otba), Wolfe Morris (Bu-Lahab), Bruno Barnabe (Umaya), John Humphry (Ubada), John Bennett (Salool), Donald Burton (Amr), André Morell (Abu Talib), Rosalie Crutchley (Somaya), Ewen Solon (Yasser), Elaine Ives-Cameron (Arwa), Nicholas Amer (Suheil), Gerard Hely (Sinan), Hassan Joundi (Kisra), Earl Cameron (Annajashi), Ronald Leigh-Hunt (Heraclius), Leonard Trolley (Silk Merchant), Salem Gedara (Wahshi), Mohammad al-Gaddary (Money Lender), Abdullah Lamrani, John Baskcomb ([])