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Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine

Starring Anthony Quinn in the title role, Barabbas was released in 1961 in the midst of a wave of widescreen epics based on biblical characters. The screenplay, by playwright Christopher Fry (w...( read more  read more... )ho also contributed to Ben-Hur), is an unusually intelligent one. Further assets are the imaginative, sparingly orchestrated score by Mario Nascimbene and a handsome production design by art director Mario Chiari that is so rewarding to the eye in Aldo Tonti's often dazzling cinematography.

Many scenes, such as Christ's crucifixion, are shot and staged like tableaux in a style reminiscent of the great masters of art. And director Richard Fleischer surpasses anything Ridley Scott achieved years later in Gladiator: he fills the huge arena--a vast Roman amphitheatre--with a gladiatorial school of hand-to-hand combat, a parade of elephants, and a den of lions, and then caps his production with a riveting and thrillingly mounted duel between Jack Palance, careering round the circumference of the arena in his chariot, and Barabbas dodging him on foot. --Adrian Edwards

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Unrated, 137 min.

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Release Date: December 23, 1961

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DVD Release Date: March 5, 2002

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  • tpb0
    March 4, 2009
    tpb0
    You've got to love Borgnine. Quinn is Quinn is Quinn :)
  • hypathio7
    August 7, 2008
    hypathio7
    nominated for best foreign film by NBR
  • zandurian
    January 1, 2008
    zandurian
    Small part by Sharon Tate
  • sheruinsyou
    October 24, 2007
    sheruinsyou
    Sharon Tate makes her first screen appearance as an onlooker in a crowd scene.
  • kkubacki7
    March 5, 2007
    kkubacki7
    Why doesn't anyone make movies like THIS anymore?
  • tonynoriega73
    January 8, 2007
    tonynoriega73
    Anthony Quinn at his best
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 3, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    I would like to see this, i think...

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