The King of Kings (1927)
Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!
160 min
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.
- Release date
- April 19, 1927
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Hugo Riesenfeld, Donald Sosin
- Budget
- $1,265,284
- Box office
- $2,641,687
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Cast
- H.B. Warner as Jesus - The Christ
- Dorothy Cumming as Mary - The Mother
- Ernest Torrence as Peter
- Joseph Schildkraut as Judas Iscariot
- James Neill as James - Brother of John
- Joseph Striker as John - The Beloved
- Robert Edeson as Matthew - The Publican
- Sidney D'Albrook as Thomas - The Doubter
- Jacqueline Logan as Mary Magdalene
- Charles Belcher as Philip
- Victor Varconi as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
- Montagu Love as Roman Centurion
- William Boyd as Simon Of Cyrene
- Julia Faye as Martha
- May Robson as Mother of Gestas
- Sidney Franklin as (uncredited)
- John George as (uncredited)
- Rex Ingram as (uncredited)
- Ruth Miller as (uncredited)
- Ayn Rand as (uncredited)
- Sally Rand as Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)
- Mark Strong as (uncredited)
- David Imboden as Andrew - A Fisherman
- Charles Requa as James the Lesser
- John T. Prince as Thaddeus
- Rudolph Schildkraut as Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel
- Sam De Grasse as Pharisee
- Casson Ferguson as Scribe
Crew
- Cecil B. DeMille · Director
- Jeanie Macpherson · Writer
- Cecil B. DeMille · Producer
- Hugo Riesenfeld · Composer
- Donald Sosin · Composer