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Movie
The Story of Mankind
Released: November 8, 1957 (1957)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Charles Coburn as Hippocrates
Age at release: 80
- Chico Marx as Monk
Age at release: 70
- Harpo Marx as Sir Isaac Newton
Age at release: 68
- Groucho Marx as Peter Minuit
Age at release: 67
- Ronald Colman as The Spirit of Man
Age at release: 66
- Agnes Moorehead as Queen Elizabeth I
Age at release: 56
- Peter Lorre as Nero
Age at release: 53
- Vincent Price as Mr. Scratch / The Devil
Age at release: 46
- Hedy Lamarr as Joan of Arc
Age at release: 42
- Virginia Mayo as Cleopatra
Age at release: 36
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- Francis X. Bushman as Moses
Age at release: 74
- Edward Everett Horton as Sir Walter Raleigh
Age at release: 71
- Franklin Pangborn as Marquis de Varennes
Age at release: 68
- Cedric Hardwicke as High Judge
Age at release: 64
- Henry Daniell as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
Age at release: 63
- Melville Cooper as Major Domo
Age at release: 61
- Reginald Gardiner as William Shakespeare
Age at release: 54
- George E. Stone as Waiter
Age at release: 54
- John Carradine as Khufu
Age at release: 51
- Cesar Romero as Spanish Envoy
Age at release: 50
- Nick Cravat as Devil's Apprentice
Age at release: 45
- Richard H. Cutting as Court Attendant
Age at release: 45
- David Bond as Early Christian
Age at release: 42
- Marie Wilson as Marie Antoinette
Age at release: 41
- Helmut Dantine as Marc Antony
Age at release: 39
- Marie Windsor as Josephine Bonaparte
Age at release: 37
- Cathy O'Donnell as Early Christian Woman
Age at release: 34
- Dani Crayne as Helen of Troy
Age at release: 22
- Dennis Hopper as Napoleon Bonaparte
Age at release: 21
- Jim Ameche as Alexander Graham Bell
Age at release: Unknown