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Here is the most far-out courtroom thriller you’ll ever see. The setting is outer space, the defendant is all of us and the issue is whether we should be allowed to survive.
Defending counsel, the Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman), says yes. Prosecuting counsel, the Devil (Vincent Price), says no. And each presents historical evidence in vignettes that feature Hedy Lamarr as Joan of Arc, Dennis Hopper as Napoleon, Harpo Marx as Isaac Newton, plus Groucho, Chico, Virginia Mayo, Peter Lorre, Charles Coburn, Agnes Moorehead—25 stars in all!
Produced, directed and co-written by Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure), this uncommon curio is Colman’s final film and the last time the three Marx Brothers appeared in the same movie.
Original Release
11/08/1957
US Release
11/08/1957
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronald Colman | The Spirit of Man |
Hedy Lamarr | Joan of Arc |
Groucho Marx | Peter Minuit |
Harpo Marx | Sir Isaac Newton |
Chico Marx | Monk |
Virginia Mayo | Cleopatra |
Agnes Moorehead | Queen Elizabeth I |
Vincent Price | Mr. Scratch - The Devil / Mr. Scratch / The Devil |
Peter Lorre | Nero |
Charles Coburn | Hippocrates |
Directors
Writers
Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett, Henrik Van Loon
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ronald Colman | The Spirit of Man |
Hedy Lamarr | Joan of Arc |
Groucho Marx | Peter Minuit |
Harpo Marx | Sir Isaac Newton |
Chico Marx | Monk |
Virginia Mayo | Cleopatra |
Agnes Moorehead | Queen Elizabeth I |
Vincent Price | Mr. Scratch - The Devil / Mr. Scratch / The Devil |
Peter Lorre | Nero |
Charles Coburn | Hippocrates |
Cedric Hardwicke | High Judge |
Cesar Romero | Spanish Envoy |
John Carradine | Pharaoh Khufu / Khufu |
Dennis Hopper | Napoleon Bonaparte |
Marie Wilson | Marie Antoinette |
Helmut Dantine | Marc Antony |
Edward Everett Horton | Sir Walter Raleigh |
Reginald Gardiner | William Shakespeare |
Marie Windsor | Josephine Bonaparte |
George E. Stone | Waiter |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Irwin Allen | Producer |
George E. Swink | Producer |