Movie
The King of Kings
Released: April 19, 1927 (1927)
Runtime: 155 minutes
Genres: Drama, History
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- James Neill as James - Brother of John
Age at release: 66
- Robert Edeson as Matthew - the Publican
Age at release: 58
- Charles Belcher as Philip
Age at release: 54
- H.B. Warner as Jesus, The Christ
Age at release: 50
- Ernest Torrence as Peter
Age at release: 48
- Sidney D'Albrook as Thomas, the Doubter
Age at release: 40
- Joseph Schildkraut as Judas Iscariot
Age at release: 31
- Dorothy Cumming as Mary, the Mother
Age at release: 28
- Joseph Striker as John - the Beloved
Age at release: 28
- Jacqueline Logan as Mary Magdalene
Age at release: 25
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- May Robson as Mother of Gestas
Age at release: 69
- Rudolph Schildkraut as Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel
Age at release: 64
- Sidney Franklin as (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- John T. Prince as Thaddeus
Age at release: 55
- Sam De Grasse as Pharisee
Age at release: 51
- Montagu Love as Roman Centurion
Age at release: 47
- Mark Strong as (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
- David Imboden as Andrew - a Fisherman
Age at release: 40
- Victor Varconi as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
Age at release: 36
- Charles Requa as James the Lesser
Age at release: 35
- Casson Ferguson as Scribe
Age at release: 35
- Julia Faye as Martha
Age at release: 33
- William Boyd as Simon Of Cyrene
Age at release: 31
- Rex Ingram as (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
- John George as (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
- Ruth Miller as (uncredited)
Age at release: 24
- Majel Coleman as Proculla - Wife of Pilate
Age at release: 24
- Sally Rand as Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)
Age at release: 23
- Clayton Packard as Bartholomew
Age at release: Unknown
- Robert Ellsworth as Simon - the Zealot
Age at release: Unknown