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George C. Scott, prophet extraordinaire


This was his first film but he had stage experience. He is an excellent Old Testament prophet type in this film, and does it again as Abraham in The Bible: In The Beginning. Finally, in Year One, Hank Azaria plays Abraham and does a great impersonation of George.

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I actually thought it was a weak performance from an otherwise superlative actor. He was way too hammy!

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I wish there had been more of his bible-healing character in this film. He really livened things up the few times that he blasted onto the screen.

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A much better performance the same year, his second film, Anatomy of a Murder, than this one-dimensional screaming part.

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