The Story of Mankind (1957)
The whole story of men and their women from Creation to now!
100 min
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
- Release date
- November 8, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Paul Sawtell
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Ronald Colman as The Spirit of Man
- Hedy Lamarr as Joan of Arc
- Groucho Marx as Peter Minuit
- Harpo Marx as Sir Isaac Newton
- Chico Marx as Monk
- Virginia Mayo as Cleopatra
- Agnes Moorehead as Queen Elizabeth I
- Vincent Price as Mr. Scratch
- Peter Lorre as Nero
- Charles Coburn as Hippocrates
- Cedric Hardwicke as High Judge
- Cesar Romero as Spanish Envoy
- John Carradine as Khufu
- Dennis Hopper as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Marie Wilson as Marie Antoinette
- Helmut Dantine as Marc Antony
- Edward Everett Horton as Sir Walter Raleigh
- Reginald Gardiner as William Shakespeare
- Marie Windsor as Josephine Bonaparte
- George E. Stone as Waiter
- Cathy O'Donnell as Early Christian Woman
- Franklin Pangborn as Marquis de Varennes
- Melville Cooper as Major Domo
- Henry Daniell as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
- Francis X. Bushman as Moses
- Nick Cravat as Devil's Apprentice
- David Bond as Early Christian
- Dani Crayne as Helen of Troy
- Richard H. Cutting as Court Attendant
Crew
- Irwin Allen · Director
- Irwin Allen · Writer
- Charles Bennett · Writer
- Hendrik Willem Van Loon · Writer
- Irwin Allen · Producer
- Paul Sawtell · Composer
- Nicholas Musuraca · Cinematographer
- Roland Gross · Editor
- Gene Palmer · Editor