The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

1957 | 41m | Drama, Fantasy | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Satan and the spirit of mankind contend for the future of humanity.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Irwin Allen

CAST

Peter Lorre

Ronald Colman

Vincent Price

Groucho Marx

Hedy Lamarr

Harpo Marx

Chico Marx

Virginia Mayo

Agnes Moorehead

Charles Coburn

Cedric Hardwicke

Cesar Romero

John Carradine

Dennis Hopper

Marie Wilson

Helmut Dantine

Edward Everett Horton

Reginald Gardiner

Marie Windsor

Franklin Pangborn

Francis X. Bushman

PRODUCERS

Irwin Allen

George E. Swink

WRITERS

Irwin Allen

Charles Bennett

Hendrik Willem van Loon

Related Videos

03:03
Story Of Mankind, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Cleopatra
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"Spirit Of Man" (Ronald Colman) yields to the devil "Mr. Scratch" (Vincent Price), who introduces a brunette Virginia Mayo, playing a gleeful Cleopatra, with her brother and Julius Caesar (Bart Mattson, Reginald Sheffield), before the universal court in Irwin Allen's The Story Of Mankind, 1957.
04:02
Story Of Mankind, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) This Was Moses
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In arguments before the celestial court, "Sprirt Of Man" (Ronald Colman) and the satanic "Mr. Scratch (Vincent Price) cite Moses (Francis X. Bushman), the uncredited voice of God and silent Helen of Troy (Dani Crayne), in writer-producer-director Irwin Allen's The Story Of Mankind, 1957.
03:18
Story Of Mankind, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Adam To The Stand
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Following the introduction of the cloying "Mr. Scratch," a.k.a. Satan (Vincent Price) to the most supreme court headed by Cedric Hardwicke, the "Spirit of Man" (Ronald Colman, in his last film) joins the argument, early in Irwin Allen's widely derided omnibus The Story Of Mankind,1957.

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