The Greatest Story Ever Told

Janet Margolin as Mary of Bethany Paul Stewart as Questor John Abbott as Aben Robert Blake as Simon the Zealot Philip Coolidge as Chuza Michael Tolan as Lazarus Richard Conte as Barabbas Martin Landau as Caiaphas Angela Lansbury as Claudia David McCallum as Judas Iskarioth John Lupton as Speaker of Capernaum Marc Cavell as Bad Thief on Cross Claude Rains as King Herod Frank Silvera as Caspar Carroll Baker as Veronica Victor Buono as Sorak Shelley Winters as Woman who is healed Marian Seldes as Herodias Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene John Considine as John David Sheiner as James the Elder Peter Mann as Nathanael Joseph V. Perry as Archelaus Nehemiah Persoff as Shemiah Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene David Hedison as Philip Russell Johnson as Scribe Charlton Heston as John the Baptist Joseph Schildkraut as Nicodemus John Crawford as Alexander John Wayne as Centurion at crucifixion Jay C. Flippen as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court Celia Lovsky as Woman Behind Railings Van Heflin as Bar Amand Roddy McDowall as Matthew Frank De Kova as The tormentor Mark Lenard as Balthazar Tom Reese as Thomas Harold J. Stone as Gen. Varus Max von Sydow as Jesus Ina Balin as Martha of Bethany José Ferrer as Herod Antipas Dorothy McGuire as The Virgin Mary Sal Mineo as Uriah Donald Pleasence as The Dark Hermit - Satan Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate Rodolfo Acosta as Captain of lancers Michael Ansara as Herod's commander Robert Loggia as Joseph Joseph Sirola as Dumah Abraham Sofaer as Joseph of Arimathaea Johnny Seven as Pilate's Aide Michael Anderson Jr. as James the Younger Gary Raymond as Simon Peter Ed Wynn as Old Aram Burt Brinckerhoff as Andrew Cyril Delevanti as Melchior Jamie Farr as Thaddaeus Pat Boone as Angel at the Tomb

Neil Summers Stunts David Lean Second Unit Director Jean Negulesco Second Unit Director Charlie Picerni Stunts Lynn Stalmaster Casting Henry Wills Stunts Coordinator, Stunt Coordinator Paul Baxley Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator Alfred Newman Original Music Composer William C. Mellor Director of Photography Loren Janes Stunts George Stevens Director, Screenplay, Producer