The Greatest Story Ever Told

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

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