Cast
Paul Newman
Ari Ben Canaan
Eva Marie Saint
Kitty Fremont
Ralph Richardson
Gen. Sutherland
Peter Lawford
Maj. Caldwell
Lee J. Cobb
Barak Ben Canaan
Sal Mineo
Dov Landau
John Derek
Taha
Hugh Griffith
Mandria
Gregory Ratoff
Lakavitch
Felix Aylmer
Dr. Lieberman
David Opatoshu
Akiva Ben Canaan
Jill Haworth
Karen
Marius Goring
Von Storch
Alexandra Stewart
Jordana Ben Canaan
Michael Wager
David Ben Ami
Martin Benson
Mordekai
Paul Stevens
Reuben
Betty Walker
Sarah
Martin Miller
Dr. Odenheim
Victor Maddern
Sergeant
George Maharis
Yoav
John Crawford
Capt. Hank Schlosberg
Shmuel Segal
Dov Contact Proprietor
Ralph Truman
Colonel
Peter Madden
Dr. Clement
Joseph Fürst
Avidan
Paul Stassino
Driver-Guide on Cyprus
Mark Burns
Lt. O'Hara
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
US
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$20,000,000
Reviews
A want-to-be epic story that fails quite miserable. Excessively long and not well edited with tons of meaningless scenes and quite a bad positioning of the camera which outcomes in wrong lightning and shadows from the filming team.
The best is its soundtrack, by far.
Despite having quite a formidable, international, cast - this is really a rather plodding history that's really only memorable because of the Ernest Gold score. The story all centres around a group of Jewish immigrants who are stuck in British-mandated territory and they want to get to Israel. Luckily for them, "Ari" (Paul Newman) is on hand and using a combination of British indifference, politics and guile manages to get them onto a boat and on to their promised land. Thing is...
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