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The Big Fisherman

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3hrs 0min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1959
Director:
Frank Borzage
Starring:
Howard Keel, Susan Kohner, John Saxon  ...more
Synopsis: The lush romanticism of director Frank Borzage (Seventh Heaven, Street Angel) is subsumed by the plodding reverence of producer Rowland V. Lee's screenplay (co-written with Howard Estabrook), based on the best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. Howard Keel stars as a stalwart Simon-Peter, the apostle of Christ called "the fisher of men" and the "Rock" upon whom the Christian Church was founded. The film, on the surface, deals with Simon-Peter's conversion from a self-sufficient fisherman to a believer ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Earnest and well-intentioned but weighed down by a screenplay that takes a story many would consider pure gold and turns it into pure lead, The Big Fisherman will be best appreciated by those with a fervid fondness for 1950's Biblical epics and/or those with deeply held Christian beliefs. If a viewer doesn't fall into one or both of those categories (and in some cases, even if one does), Fisherman ... Full Review
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Howard Keel
Simon Peter
Susan Kohner
Fara
John Saxon
Voldi
Martha Hyer
Herodias
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