The King of Kings
The King of Kings

The King of Kings

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1927
2h 35m
6.4(62 votes)
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The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

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55 members
Acting

H.B. Warner

Jesus, The Christ

H.B. Warner
Acting

Dorothy Cumming

Mary, the Mother

Dorothy Cumming
Acting

Ernest Torrence

Peter

Ernest Torrence
Acting

Joseph Schildkraut

Judas Iscariot

Joseph Schildkraut
Acting

James Neill

James - Brother of John

James Neill
Acting

Joseph Striker

John - the Beloved

Joseph Striker
Acting

Robert Edeson

Matthew - the Publican

Robert Edeson
Acting

Sidney D'Albrook

Thomas, the Doubter

Sidney D'Albrook
Acting

Jacqueline Logan

Mary Magdalene

Jacqueline Logan
Acting

Charles Belcher

Philip

Charles Belcher
Acting

Victor Varconi

Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea

Victor Varconi
Acting

Montagu Love

Roman Centurion

Montagu Love
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William Boyd

Simon Of Cyrene

William Boyd
Acting

Julia Faye

Martha

Julia Faye
Acting

May Robson

Mother of Gestas

May Robson
Acting

Sidney Franklin

(uncredited)

Sidney Franklin
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John George

(uncredited)

John George
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Rex Ingram

(uncredited)

Rex Ingram
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Ruth Miller

(uncredited)

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Writing

Ayn Rand

(uncredited)

Ayn Rand
Acting

Sally Rand

Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)

Sally Rand
Acting

Mark Strong

(uncredited)

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David Imboden

Andrew - a Fisherman

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Clayton Packard

Bartholomew

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Robert Ellsworth

Simon - the Zealot

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Charles Requa

James the Lesser

Charles Requa
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John T. Prince

Thaddeus

John T. Prince
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Rudolph Schildkraut

Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel

Rudolph Schildkraut
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Sam De Grasse

Pharisee

Sam De Grasse
Acting

Casson Ferguson

Scribe

Casson Ferguson
Acting

Majel Coleman

Proculla - Wife of Pilate

Majel Coleman
Directing

Michael D. Moore

Mark (as Micky Moore)

Michael D. Moore
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Theodore Kosloff

Malchus - Captain of the High Priest's Guards

Theodore Kosloff
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George Siegmann

Barabbas

George Siegmann
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Josephine Norman

Mary Of Bethany

Josephine Norman
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Kenneth Thomson

Lazarus

Kenneth Thomson
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Alan Brooks

Satan

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Viola Louie

Adulterous Woman

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Muriel McCormac

Blind Girl

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Clarence Burton

Dysmas - the Repentant Thief

Clarence Burton
Acting

James Pier Mason

Gestas - the Unrepentant Thief (as James Mason)

James Pier Mason
Acting

Dot Farley

Maidservant of Caiaphas

Dot Farley
Acting

Hector V. Sarno

Galilean Carpenter (as Hector Sarno)

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Leon Holmes

Imbecile Boy

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Otto Lederer

Eber - a Pharisee

Otto Lederer
Acting

Bryant Washburn

Young Roman

Bryant Washburn
Acting

Lionel Belmore

Roman Noble

Lionel Belmore
Acting

Monte Collins Sr.

Rich Judeaean

Monte Collins Sr.
Acting

Lucio Flamma

Gallant Of Galilee (as Luca Flamma)

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Sôjin Kamiyama

Prince Of Persia (as Sojin)

Sôjin Kamiyama
Acting

André Cheron

Wealthy Merchant

André Cheron
Acting

Willy Castello

Babylonian Noble

Willy Castello
Acting

Noble Johnson

Charioteer

Noble Johnson
Acting

Jim Farley

Executioner

Jim Farley
Acting

Winifred Greenwood

Unknown Role

Winifred Greenwood

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