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The King of Kings
“Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!”
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.
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
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Status
Released
Released
April 19, 1927
Runtime
2h 35m
Language
No Language
Budget → Revenue
$1.3M → $2.6M
Top cast
H.B. Warner
Jesus, The Christ
Dorothy Cumming
Mary, the Mother
Ernest Torrence
Peter
Joseph Schildkraut
Judas Iscariot
James Neill
James - Brother of John
Joseph Striker
John - the Beloved
Robert Edeson
Matthew - the Publican
Sidney D'Albrook
Thomas, the Doubter
Jacqueline Logan
Mary Magdalene
Charles Belcher
Philip
Victor Varconi
Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
Montagu Love
Roman Centurion
William Boyd
Simon Of Cyrene
Julia Faye
Martha
May Robson
Mother of Gestas
Sidney Franklin
(uncredited)
John George
(uncredited)
Rex Ingram
(uncredited)
Ruth Miller
(uncredited)
Ayn Rand
(uncredited)
