Story of Mankind (DVD)

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Story of Mankind (DVD)

TITLE DETAILS
Title Name: STORY OF MANKIND
Rating: Not Rated
Release Year: 1957   Run Time: NA   Color format: (unknown/unconverted)
 
Description/Synopsis:
Future 'Master of Disaster' Irwin Allen produced this curious but inarguably fascinating adaptation of Henrik Willem Van Loon's best- selling historical volume. A Celestial Tribunal has been convened to decide the fate of the Earth after the invention of nuclear weapons, with The Devil (Vincent Price) and The Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman) debating if humankind should be allowed to continue or be exterminated once and for all. Both men present examples of human behavior at its best and worst, including Dennis Hopper as Napoleon, Hedy Lamarr as Joan of Arc, Virginia Mayo as Cleopatra, Peter Lorre as Nero, Edward Everett Horton as Sir Walter Raleigh, and Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Chico Marx as, respectively, Peter Minuit, Sir Isaac Newton, and a monk (yes, the producers had the daring and vision to cast the Marx Brothers without having them play any scenes together). THE STORY OF MANKIND proved to be the last film for both Ronald Colman and Hedy Lamarr; it was also the last time the three Marx Brothers appeared in the same film, though the individual Marxes appeared in a few films following this.
 
Additional Categories:
Dramas Campy Fantasy Science-Fiction Historical Languages Not available. Additional language info may be found under package details or DVD details if available for this item.
Complete Cast and Crew:
Director(s):
Irwin Allen 
 
Cast:
Ronald Colman Hedy Lamarr Vincent Price Agnes Moorehead Groucho Marx Harpo Marx Peter Lorre Dennis Hopper Chico Marx 
 
Misc Cast:
Sam Harris Toni Gerry Don McGowan Angelo Rossitto Hendrik Willem VanLoon Irwin Allen Charles Bennett Nicholas Musuraca Paul Sawtell Paul Sawtell Virginia Mayo Charles Coburn Cedric Hardwicke Cesar Romero John Carradine Marie Wilson Helmut Dantine Edward Everett Horton Reginald Gardiner Marie Windsor George E. Stone Cathy O'Donnell Franklin Pangborn Melville Cooper Henry Daniell David Bond Nick Cravat Dani Crayne Richard H. Cutting Anthony Dexter Austin Green Eden Hartford Alexander Lockwood Melinda Marx Marvin Miller Leonard Mudie Tudor Owen Ziva Rodann Harry Ruby William Schallert Reginald Sheffield Abraham Sofaer Bob Watson 
 
 
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