Dir: Nicolas Ray | Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Hurd Hatfield, Ron Randell | US 301’
Reviewed by Richard Chatten
Many eminent directors have nurtured ambitions to film the life of Christ. But Nicholas Ray had never been one of them and found himself taking on such a singular undertaking principally at the behest of Samuel Bronston. This however shouldn’t invalidate Ray’s achievement, notably the emphasis placed upon Barabbas.the man who was spared when Jesus was crucified
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