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- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsNelson LeighStephen ChaseLeonard PennThe Story of Jesus
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsDavid McCallumJohn ColicosPatrick MacneeThree adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsGeraldine FitzgeraldCyril RitchardFrancis L. SullivanThe story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.
- DirectorLionello De FeliceIrving RapperStarsCornel WildeBelinda LeeMassimo SeratoBiopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsCharlton HestonRomney BrentRita GrapelThe story of James Otis, a Boston attorney and American patriot who contested the right of British troops to search colonists' homes during the American Revolutionary War.
- DirectorDelbert MannStarsRichard AttenboroughCyril CusackEdith EvansThe legendary novel by Charles Dickens comes to life in this colorful interpretation directed by Delbert Mann.
- DirectorBill HobinMax LiebmanStarsEddie AlbertJanet BlairBoris KarloffA live television presentation of Rodgers and Hart's 1927 stage musical.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter HustonUna MerkelWilliam L. ThorneAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
- DirectorR. John HughStarsLin McCarthyStephen CourtleighBerry Kroeger5 Confederate soldiers desert, make their way through the Everglades and try to make it to Cuba.
- DirectorMarcello BaldiStarsNorman WoolandGianni GarkoLuz MárquezDavid of Bethlehem slays the giant and becomes a rival to King Saul.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsRichard GreeneLeonora AmarNedrick YoungCaptain Scarlett returns from gallivanting around the country-side after the Napoleonic wars and finds life in southern France very different. He saves a beautiful princess from an arranged marriage to an evil count, protects many of the people from being persecuted by the Duke of Corlais, and eventually rids the country of the scourge of Corlais' power.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsSabuJoseph CalleiaJohn QualenA boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
- DirectorWilliam J. CowenStarsDickie MooreIrving PichelWilliam 'Stage' BoydAn orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsBrad HarrisIvano StaccioliFranca ParisiThe Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. They gather their forces, and return to drive out their oppressors.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsKay FrancisJack OakieGeorge BancroftJo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused of theft. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsBillie WhitelawRalph RichardsonJohn GielgudIn 1815, a soldier becomes the Governor of St. Helena, and jailer of Napoleon.
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsChuck ConnorsGiuseppe PambieriBarbara BachA tale of the brutal sea captain of the Ghost who is ruthless with his crew. It becomes more than they can tolerate.
- DirectorViktor TourjanskyStarsEdmund PurdomSylvia LopezMassimo GirottiHerod, King of Judea, is made a prisoner by the Romans. Convinced the King is dead, his faithful lieutenant, Aaron, is nevertheless unable to keep his promise to kill the Queen if something untoward happened to the King. He leads the young woman out into the desert. Herod's pleas to Augustus are successful and he returns to his palace. His son, Antipater, informs Herod that Aaron has betrayed him.
- DirectorLew AyresStarsJames DunnMae ClarkeDavid MannersBest friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsJosé FerrerMala PowersWilliam PrinceThe charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.
- DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsSeymour HicksDonald CalthropRobert CochranEbenezer Scrooge is a mean old miser who wants nothing to do with Christmas. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come visit Scrooge on Christmas Eve, taking him on a journey into the very spirit and magic of Christmas itself.
- DirectorRaoul WalshMario BavaStarsJoan CollinsRichard EganDenis O'DeaTwo decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred fomented against the Jews by his evil minister Haman (Sergio Fantoni). Before the King can pair off with Esther and defeat the villainous Haman, there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention.
- DirectorChester M. FranklinStarsMyrna LoyConway TearleBarbara KentThis cinematic adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel stars Myrna Loy in her first starring role.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsNiall MacGinnisJohn RuddockPierre LefevreBiopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsMiriam HopkinsFrances DeeCedric HardwickeAgainst the backdrop of Napoleon's Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder.