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It was an early star role for Jeffrey Hunter, who was the only American in the cast. The lead character was changed to Canadian to accommodate his accent. [3] British actors' union Equity opposed the casting of an American in a British film. [4] The role of Hunter's mother was originally to have been played by Celia Johnson. [5]
Sailor of the King was a minor success, as was a Western Hunter made with Mitzi Gaynor, Three Young Texans (1954). Princess of the Nile (1954) was an "Eastern" with Debra Paget in the title role. It was not particularly successful, either, and Hunter did not manage to transition into being a top-line star.
[24] [25] Ultimately, on April 21, 1960, Jeffrey Hunter was cast as Jesus. The idea to cast Hunter came from John Ford, who suggested him to Nicholas Ray after directing Hunter in The Searchers (1956). [26] Ray was familiar with Hunter, having directed him in The True Story of Jesse James (1957). Bronston agreed mainly because of Hunter's ...
Sailor of the King (1953) Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller: 2 hours 41 12/01/1962 Night People (1954) Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen: 2 hours 42 12/08/1962 No Down Payment (1957) Joanne Woodward, Tony Randall, Jeffrey Hunter: 2 hours, 5 minutes 43 12/15/1962 Désirée (1954) Marlon Brando, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie
Sailor of the King: Roy Boulting: Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller: War: The Saint's Return: Seymour Friedman: Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Sydney Tafler: Thriller: Sea Devils: Raoul Walsh: Yvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell Reed: Adventure: Co-production with the United States Small Town Story: Montgomery Tully: Donald Houston ...
Brown on Resolution is a 1929 nautical novel written by C. S. Forester, set during World War I.The hero of the novel, Leading Seaman Albert Brown, is the sole able-bodied survivor of a sunken Royal Navy warship, who single-handedly delays its attacker, a German cruiser, long enough to ensure its destruction by its pursuers.
Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode and Billie Burke. [1] The title was also used for the novelization published in the same year. [2]
Gold for the Caesars (Italian: Oro per i Cesari) is a 1963 peplum film starring Jeffrey Hunter and Mylène Demongeot.Originally planned as an American production, the film later became an Italian-French international co-production after the poor box office return of King of Kings.