Actor :          Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Senta Berger
Director:      Melville Shavelson
Genre:          Drama
Year:            1966
Studio:         Kino Lorber films
Length:        146
Released:   August 26, 2014
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Color
Language:  English
Subtitles:    English

DESCRIPTION:

Part fact, part fiction, Cast a Giant Shadow powerfully dramatizes Israel's heroic 1947-48 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, it features an all-star cast including Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger and Angie Dickinson, as well as Yul Brynner, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in notable supporting roles. After a brilliant career in the U.S. army, WWII hero and Jewish American Mickey Marcus (Douglas) is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes. Against the wishes of his wife (Dickinson), Mickey makes the journey and begins transforming a ragtag underground army into a first-class fighting machine. But as the threat of war looms, Mickey must also confront his growing attraction to beautiful activist Magda Simon (Berger). Directed by Melville Shavelson (The Five Pennies).