Movie: "Cast a Giant Shadow"
| Release Date: | Mar 1966 |
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| Genres: | Adventure / Drama / History / War |
| Runtime: | 138 min. |
| Cast: | Kirk Douglas (Col. David 'Mickey' Marcus), Senta Berger (Magda Simon), Angie Dickinson (Emma Marcus), James Donald (Maj. Safir) Stathis Giallelis (Ram Oren) Luther Adler (Jacob Zion) Topol (Abou Ibn Kader) Ruth White (Mrs. Chaison) Gordon Jackson (James MacAfee) Michael Hordern (British ambassador) Allan Cuthbertson (Immigration officer) Jeremy Kemp (British Immigration senior) Sean Barrett (British Immigration junior) Michael Shillo (Andre Simon) Rina Ganor (Rona) Roland Bartrop (Bert Harrison) Robert Gardett (Gen. Walsh) Michael Balston (Sentry #1) Claude Aliotti (Sentry #2) Samra Dedes (Belly dancer) Micha Shagrir (Truck driver (as Michael Shagrir)) Frank Latimore (UN officer) Ken Buckle (UN officer) Rod Dana (Aide to Gen. Randolph (as Rodd Dana)) Robert Ross (Aide to Chief of Staff) Arthur Hansel (Officer) Dan Sturkie (Parachute sergeant (as Don Sturkie)) Hillel Rave (Yaakov) Shlomo Hermon (Yussuf) Frank Sinatra (Vince Talmadge) Yul Brynner (Asher Gonen) John Wayne (Gen. Mike Randolph) Vera Dolen (Mrs. Martinson (scenes deleted)) Gary Merrill (Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted)) Winston Churchill (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Michael Douglas (Jeep driver (uncredited)) Rudolf Hess (Himself at Nuremberg (archive...) Fiorello LaGuardia (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Danny Perlman (Jeep driver (uncredited)) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Jimmy Shaw (Jeep Driver (uncredited)) Joseph Stalin (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) |
Storyline: An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
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