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posted 11 years ago by silvereagle2061
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The greatest cast of the silver screen EVER.

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[–] bastasch8647 11 years ago

Agreed, with the exception of John Wayne, whose lines should have been whispered by some other actor and presented as the centurion's thoughts, not his orally spoken words.

Enough time is passing that the film no longer looks like a "who's who of Hollywood". Many of the actors have passed into a sort of golden age Valhalla, so new viewers are unlikely to be distracted by the many cameos embedded in the film.

[–] OnlyRocknRoll 11 years ago

I saw this film when first released on a "field trip" with my grammar school class. Watching it these many years later is only fun to pick out the "name" actors in the cast. I think that Von Sydow is the only one still alive and working.

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[–] Eric-62-2 11 years ago

I agree, it's time to let go of the star cameo thing as a knock against the film because many names have become forgotten to all but hard-core film buffs (Carroll Baker) and also the later advent of the "all-star" cast spectacles in the 70s disaster films or in the big TV-miniseries of the 70s-80s makes it something easier to accept.

As a film this continues to improve with age for me whereas films that are weighed down by poor fictional gimmicks ("King Of Kings", "The Robe") have grown more and more unwatchable.

[–] historylover820 10 years ago

David McCallum is still alive and working. Jamie Farr is still alive and working. Carroll Baker is still alive (although her last credit was 2003). Michael Anderson Jr. is still alive (although his last credit is 1998). Martin Landau is still alive and working. Angela Lansbury is still alive and working. Pat Boone is still alive and working.

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