The Big Fisherman (1959)
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The lush romanticism of director Frank Borzage (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel) is subsumed by the plodding reverence of producer Rowland V. Lee's screenplay (co-written with Howard Estabrook), based on the best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. Howard Keel stars as a stalwart Simon-Peter, the… More The lush romanticism of director Frank Borzage (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel) is subsumed by the plodding reverence of producer Rowland V. Lee's screenplay (co-written with Howard Estabrook), based on the best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. Howard Keel stars as a stalwart Simon-Peter, the apostle of Christ called "the fisher of men" and the "Rock" upon whom the Christian Church was founded. The film, on the surface, deals with Simon-Peter's conversion from a self-sufficient fisherman to a believer in the inspirational teachings of Christianity. Simon-Peter also serves the needs of the real story: how Simon-Peter succeeds in joining together two lovers from the other side of the tracks. John Saxon is Voldi, an Arab prince who wants to follow in his father's footsteps as the chief of an Arab tribe and marry his beloved, Fara (Susan Kohner). But Fara, wants to see her father, Herod Antipas (Herbert Lom), dead for the misery he has inflicted upon her mother -- abandoning her for the lustful Herodias (Martha Hyer). When Voldi and Fara hear the teachings of Christ, they realize that their love must be put in abeyance to their Christian beliefs. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Borzage
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 4, 1959 Wide
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Cast
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Howard Keel
as Simon Peter
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Susan Kohner
as Fara
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John Saxon
as Voldi
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Martha Hyer
as Herodias
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Herbert Lom
as Herod Antipas
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Ray Stricklyn
as Deran
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Marian Seldes
as Arnon
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Alexander Scourby
as David Ben-Zadok
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Beulah Bondi
as Hannah
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Jay Barney
as John the Baptist
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Charlotte Fletcher
as Rennah
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Mark Dana
as Zendi
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Rhodes Reason
as Andrew
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Henry Brandon
as Menicus
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Brian G. Hutton
as John
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Tom Troupe
as James
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Marianne Stewart
as Ione
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Jonathan Harris
as Lysias
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Leonard Mudie
as Ilderan
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James Griffith
as The Begger
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Peter Adams
as Herod Phillip
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Michael Mark
as Innkeeper
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Joe Di Reda
as Arab Assassin
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Stuart Randall
as King Aretas
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Herbert Rudley
as Tiberius
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Phillip Pine
as Lucius
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Francis McDonald
as Scribe Spokesman
- Jo Gilbert
- Don Turner
