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Subgenre Sampler
Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, James Mason… - Monumental event is given a proportionate treatment with sets reputed to be the largest ever built and a literate script to boot.
Zorba the Greek (1964)
- Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas - Keynote role for Anthony Quinn as the title–character of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, a bawdy, womanising,…
55 Days at Peking (1963)- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Charlton Heston, David Niven, Ava Gardner - Set in the turmoil of 1900 China, during the Boxer Rebellion, this splashy Hollywood epic succeeds on the strength of its stylish visuals and…
Cleopatra (1963)- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Rex Harrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton - Magnificent sets and Rex Harrison's dynamic Caesar are the saving graces of this, Hollywood's most extravagant turkey. Both Liz Taylor and Richard…
Kings of the Sun (1963)- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Yul Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne Field… - Rollicking tribal adventure has a Mayan tribe searching for new homelands while being pursued by vengeful Indians.The athletic Brynner dominates…
300 Spartans, The (1962)- Dir. Rudolph Mate
Feat. Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker - Richard Egan leads the hardened best of Sparta into the famous battle at Thermapayle between the Greek and Persian empires in in the 5th century…
Barabbas (1962)- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Jack Palance, Arthur Kennedy… - Lavish, literate and thrilling by equal measure, this Hollywood Roman speculation follows the wanderings of the legendary thief (Quinn) who was saved…
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn… - Superlative epic biography of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence played by a charismatic Peter O'Toole in his first leading role. The spectacle is…
El Cid (1961)- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Charlton Heston - The tale of the 11th century warrior–king who drove the Moors from Spain. By dint of its fine acting and avoidance of the obvious, this epic…
King of Kings (1961)- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Jeffrey Hunter, Hurd Hatfield, Robert Ryan… - Faithful, intelligent telling of the life of Christ, with Jeffrey Hunter in the robes of JC, benefits from a lesser–known cast. Orson Welles…
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