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SCAdian MOVIES: THE BIBLE
Many people assume that the SCA period does not go farther back than the fall of Rome. However, the influence of the Bible on medieval society and culture is undeniable. Also, some of these movies have good sword fighting action and battle scenes.
HOW TO USE THE MARKINGS:
! = a definite must-see for anyone with SCA related interests.
+ = good to see if you've already seen or if you can't find the must-sees.
% = either a weak movie with a SCA-related theme, or a good movie of limited SCA-related interest.
- = only for the most desparate completist.
I have reviewed some of these films on Amazon.com and Allwatchers.com. You can go to the reviews by clicking on the "AMZ" for Amazon and the "ALW" for Allwatchers.
To help you find certain types of movies, I have divided the list on this page into the following categories:
Jesus
Goliath
Samson
Other Biblical
- JESUS
- Barabbas (61 Richard Fleischer. Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Pallance, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado)
- % Ben Hur (very early short silent)
- Ben Hur (silent '26 Fred Nibo. Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy,Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Carmel Myers, Nigel de Brulier)
- ! Ben Hur ('59 William Wyler. Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Sam Jaffe, Cathy O,Donnell, Finlay Currie)
- ! Demetrius and the Gladiators ('54 Delmer Daves. Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft, Richard Egan, Ernest Borgnine. Sequel to The Robe)
- Intolerance (Silent '16 D. W. Griffith. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Constance Talmadge, Bessie Love, Sheena Owen, Alfred Paget, Eugene Pallette)
- Jesus Christ Superstar ('73 Norman Jewison. Ted Neely, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Joshua Mostel, Bob Bingham, Paul Thomas. Tim Rice - Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)
- King of Kings (Silent '27 C. B. DeMille. H. B. Warner, Ernest Torrence, Jacqueline Logan, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Varconi, Robert Edeson, William Boyd)
- King of Kings ('61 Nicholas Ray. Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan Mckenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, Rip Torn)
- + The Last Temptation of Christ ('88 Martin Scorsese. Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Verna Bloom, Andre Gregory, Juliette Caton, Roberts Blossom, Ivan Kershner, Nehemiah Persoff, Barry Miller)
- ! Life of Brian ('79 Monty Python)
- Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (TV '79 Eric Till. Blanche Baker, Jeff East, Colleen Dewhurst, Stephen McHattie, Lloyd Bochner, Paul Hecht)
- Pontius Pilate (Italy-France,'62 Irving Rapper. Jean Marais, Jeanne Craine, Basil Rathbone, John Drew Barrymore, massimo Serato, Leticia Roman)
- ! The Robe ('53 Henry Koster. Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Richard Boone, Jay Robinson, Dawn Addams, Dean Jagger, Jeff Morrow, Ernest Thesiger)
- The Sign of the Cross ('32 C. B. DeMille. Frederic March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Vivian Tobin, Nat Pendleton, Joe Bonomo)
- GOLIATH
- Goliath Against the Giants (Italy '61 Guido Malatesta. Brad Harris, Gloria Milland, Fernando Rey, Barbara Carrol)
- Goliath and the Barbarians (Italy '60 Carlo Campogalliani. Steve Reeves, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini, Chelo Alonso, Arturo Domenici, Gino Scotti)
- Goliath and the Dragon (Italy '60 Vittorio Cottafavi. Mark Forest, Broderick Crawford, Gaby Andre, Leonora Ruffo)
- Goliath and the Vampires (Italy '61 Giacomo Gentilomo. Gordon Scott, Jacques Sernas, Gianna Maria Canale)
- SAMSON
- Samson and Delilah ('49 C. B. DeMille, Victor Mature, Heddy Lamarr, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Olive Deering, Russ Tamblyn, George Reeves, Tom Tyler, Fritz Leiber, Mike Mazurki)
- Samson and Delilah (TV '84 Lee Phillips. Anthony Hamilton, Belinda Bauer, Max von Sydow, Stephen Macht, Maria Schell, Jose Ferrer, Victor Mature)
- Samson and the Slave Queen (Italy,'63 Umberto Lenzi. Pierre Brice, Alan Steel, Moira Orfei, Maria Grazia Spina)
- OTHER BIBLICAL
- The Bible (Italy '66 John Huston. Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Franco Nero)
- David and Bathsheba ('51 Henry King. Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey, Kieron Moore, James Robertson Justice, Jayne Meadows, John Sutton, George Zucco)
- David and Goliath (Italy '60 Richard Pottier, Ferdinando Baldi. Orson Welles, Ivo Payer, Edward Hilton, Eleonora Rossi-Drago, Massimo Serato)
- Esther and the King (Italy '60 Raoul Walsh. Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'dea, Sergio Fantoni)
- + King David ('85 Bruce Beresford. Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Dennis Quilley, Niall Buggy, Cherie Lunghi, Hurd Hatfield, Jack Klaff)
- Noah's Ark (Mostly silent,'29 Michael Curtiz. Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda, Gwynne Williams, Paul McAllister, Myrna Loy)
- % Noah's Ark (TV '99 John Voight, Mary Steenbegen. Takes some liberties with scripture)
- % The Search for Noah's Ark
- Sodom and Gamorra (Italy,'63 Robert Aldrich. Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Anouk Aimee, Rossana Podesta)
- Solomon and Sheba ('59 King Vidor. Yul Brynner, Gina Lollabrigada, George Sanders, Marisa Pavan, John Crawford, Alejandro Rey, Harry Andrews. Brynner's role originally playd by Tyrone Power, who died during shooting, yet still shows up in certain shots)
- The Ten Commandments ('23 C. B. DeMille. Theodore Roberts, Charles de Roche, Estelle Taylor, Richard Dix, Ron La Rocque, Leatrice Joy, Nita Naldi, Agnes Ayres)
- ! The Ten Commandments ('56 C. B. DeMille. Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Wilcoxon, Nina Foch, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Woody Strode)
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