Historia de la humanidad (1957)
Mezcla de comedia, historia y fantasía que narra principalmente un ficticio juicio celestial que se lleva a cabo contra la humanidad en el que se enfrentan como defensor el Espíritu del Hombre (Ronald Colman) y como fiscal el mismísimo Diablo (Vincent Price). El juez celestial es Sir Cedric Hardwicke y, a lo largo del filme, se relatan diversos hechos históricos de la Historia pero en tonos de farsa. Por ejemplo: Peter Lorre es Nerón, Groucho Marx es Peter Minuit, quien compró la isla de Manhattan a los indios por una ganga, Harpo Marx es Isaac Newton y Dennis Hopper es nada menos que Napoleón Bonaparte.
Directora: Irwin Allen
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Ronald Colman as The Spirit of Man |
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Hedy Lamarr as Joan of Arc |
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Groucho Marx as Peter Minuit |
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Harpo Marx as Sir Isaac Newton |
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Chico Marx as Monk |
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Virginia Mayo as Cleopatra |
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Agnes Moorehead as Queen Elizabeth I |
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Vincent Price as Mr. Scratch / The Devil |
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Peter Lorre as Nero |
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Charles Coburn as Hippocrates |
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Cedric Hardwicke as High Judge |
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Cesar Romero as Spanish Envoy |
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John Carradine as Khufu |
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Dennis Hopper as Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Marie Wilson as Marie Antoinette |
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Helmut Dantine as Marc Antony |
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Edward Everett Horton as Sir Walter Raleigh |
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Reginald Gardiner as William Shakespeare |
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Marie Windsor as Josephine Bonaparte |
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George E. Stone as Waiter |
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Cathy O'Donnell as Early Christian Woman |
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Franklin Pangborn as Marquis de Varennes |
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Melville Cooper as Major Domo |
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Henry Daniell as Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais |
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Francis X. Bushman as Moses |
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Jim Ameche as Alexander Graham Bell |
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Nick Cravat as Devil's Apprentice |
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David Bond as Early Christian |
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Dani Crayne as Helen of Troy |
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Richard H. Cutting as Court Attendant |
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Anthony Dexter as Christopher Columbus |
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Melinda Marx as Early Christian Child |
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Don Megowan as Early Man |
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Austin Green as Abraham Lincoln |
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Reginald Sheffield as Julius Caesar |
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Bobby Watson as Adolf Hitler |
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Creighton Hale as Heavenly Judge |
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Angelo Rossitto as Dwarf in Nero's Court |
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Marvin Miller as Amarna |
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Ziva Rodann as Egyptian Concubine |
| Writing | Charles Bennett | Writer |
| Writing | Irwin Allen | Writer |
| Writing | Henrik Van Loon | Novel |
| Production | Irwin Allen | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Gene Palmer | Editor |
| Camera | Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Production | Irwin Allen | Producer |
| Production | George E. Swink | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Irwin Allen | Director |
| Sound | Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
