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The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!

Genres: Drama, History

Starring: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Jacqueline Logan

Released: January 1, 1927

Runtime: 155.0

Popularity Rating: 1.488

DeMille Pictures Corporation

United States of America

Jesus, The Christ H.B. Warner
Mary, the Mother Dorothy Cumming
Mary Magdalene Jacqueline Logan
Peter Ernest Torrence
Judas Iscariot Joseph Schildkraut
James - Brother of John James Neill
John - the Beloved Joseph Striker
Matthew - the Publican Robert Edeson
Thomas, the Doubter Sidney D'Albrook
Philip Charles Belcher
Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea Victor Varconi
Roman Centurion Montagu Love
Simon Of Cyrene William Boyd
Martha Julia Faye
Mother of Gestas May Robson
(uncredited) Rex Ingram
(uncredited) Ruth Miller
(uncredited) Ayn Rand
Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited) Sally Rand
(uncredited) John George
(uncredited) Mark Strong

Camera — Director of Photography: J. Peverell Marley
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Adrian
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Earl Luick
Directing — Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Editing — Editor: Anne Bauchens
Editing — Editor: Harold McLernon
Production — Producer: Cecil B. DeMille
Writing — Story: Jeanie Macpherson