Cast a Giant Shadow

HD 8.5 133 min.

An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his jewish roots. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.

Genre: War

Release: March 30, 1966

Director: Melville Shavelson

Cast: Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, James Donald, Stathis Giallelis, Luther Adler, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Gordon Jackson, Chaim Topol, Ruth White, Michael Hordern, Allan Cuthbertson, Jeremy Kemp, Sean Barrett, Michael Shillo, Rina Ganor, Roland Bartrop, Robert Gardett, Michael Balston, Michael Douglas, Claude Aliotti, Samra Dedes, Micha Shagrir, Frank Latimore, Ken Buckle, Rod Dana, Robert Ross, Arthur Hansel, Dan Sturkie, Hillel Rave, Shlomo Hermon