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THE STORY OF MANKIND

THE STORY OF MANKIND (MOVIE 1957)

Story based on highlights of Man's history. Vincent Price plays the devil and does battle with Ronald Coleman who represents the spirit of man.

Director

Irwin Allen

Associate Producer

George E. Swink

Story

Hendrik Willem van Loon

Screenplay

Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett

Music

Paul Sawtell

Cast

Ronald Colman - The Spirit of Man
Vincent Price - The Devil
Groucho Marx - Peter Minuit
Harpo Marx - Sir Isaac Newton
Chico Marx - Monk
Hedy Lamarr - Joan of Arc
Virginia Mayo - Cleopatra
Agnes Moorehead - Queen Elizabeth
Peter Lorre - Nero
Charles Coburn - Hippocrates
Cedric Hardwicke - High Judge
Cesar Romero - Spanish Envoy
John Carradine - Khufu
Dennis Hopper - Napoleon Bonaparte
Marie Wilson - Marie Antoinette
Helmut Dantine - Antony
Edward Everett Horton - Sir Walter Raleigh
Reginald Gardiner - William Shakespeare
Marie Windsor - Josephine
George E. Stone - Waiter
Cathy O'Donnell - Early Christian Woman
Franklin Pangborn - Marquis de Varennes
Melville Cooper - Major Domo
Henry Daniell - Pierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais
Francis X. Bushman - Moses
Jim Ameche - Alexander Graham Bell
David Bond - Early Christian
Nick Cravat - Devil's Apprentice
Dani Crayne - Helen of Troy
Richard H. Cutting - Court Attendant
Anthony Dexter - Christopher Columbus
Toni Gerry - Wife
Austin Green - Abraham Lincoln
Eden Hartford - Laughing Water
Alexander Lockwood - Promoter
Melinda Marx - Early Christian Child
Bart Mattson - Cleopatra's Brother
Don Megowan - Early Man
Marvin Miller - Armana
Nancy Miller - Early Woman
Leonard Mudie - Chief Inquisitor
Burt Nelson - Second Early Man
Tudor Owen - High Tribunal Clerk
Ziva Rodann - Egyptian Concubine
Harry Ruby - Indian Brave
William Schallert - Earl of Warwick
Reginald Sheffield - Julius Caesar
Abraham Sofaer - Indian Chief
Bobby Watson - Adolf Hitler
Sam Harris - Nobleman in Queen Elizabeth's Court
Angelo Rossitto - Dwarf in Nero's Court

Trivia

Eden Hartford (Laughing Water) was actress Dee Hartford's sister and was married to Groucho Marx during the 50's and 60's. Melinda Marx (Early Christian Child) is Groucho Marx's daughter (with wife Kay Marvis).