Kirk Douglas Senta Berger Stathis Giallelis James Donald Yul Brynner Frank Sinatra John Wayne Angie Dickinson Chaim Topol Michael Hordern
Cinematography
Aldo Tonti
Edited by
Bert Bates Gene Ruggiero
Music by
Elmer Bernstein
Production companies
Batjac Productions
The Mirisch Corporation
Llenroc Productions
Distributed by
United Artists
Release date
March 30, 1966 (1966-03-30)
Running time
146 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$3.5 million (est. US/Canada rentals)[1]
Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 American action film[2] based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus, and stars Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson.[3] Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed.[4] The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus, who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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^Crowther, Bosley (2009). "Cast A Giant Shadow - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved September 26, 2008.
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^"Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) movie review". The New York Times. March 31, 1966.
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