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Alexander The Great

An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then-known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.

Director(s)

John Cassavetes

Phil Karlson

Cast & Crew

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Antigonus

John Doucette

John Doucette

Kleitos

Clay Tanner

Clay Tanner

The Four Guardsmen

Adam West

Adam West

Cleander

William Shatner

William Shatner

Alexander

Peter Hansen

Peter Hansen

Tauron

Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

Attalos

Cliff Osmond

Cliff Osmond

Memnon

John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Karonos

Robert Fortier

Robert Fortier

Aristander

Jonathan Kidd

Jonathan Kidd

Persian Prisoner

Jeff Pomerantz

Jeff Pomerantz

Young Greek Soldier (as Jeff Palmer)

Ziva Rodann

Ziva Rodann

Ada

Mike Bradford

Mike Bradford

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William Arvin

William Arvin

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Jim Cione

Jim Cione

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Tanya Lemani George

Tanya Lemani George

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Phil Karlson

Phil Karlson

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Details

GenresAdventure, Drama, History, TV Movie
Runtime1h 0 mins
Released on26 Jan 1968
Languageen
Age RatingNR
Produced InUnited States of America

Reviews

CinemaSerf

5/10

If it wasn't for the really terrible dialogue, this would make for quite a passable sword and sandals adventure, William Shatner is in full theatrical ham mode as the eponymous character who must combat the maniacal King Darius of Persia as well as a few of his more independently minded generals. It can only really be described as a very loose interpretation of history - there is oodles of creative licence going on - but it is still quite a good fun little drama that lets our hero roll around in the dirt, without his shirt coming off, and we've even got some belly dancing too! It's rubbish, really - but I still, perversely perhaps, I rather enjoyed it.