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The Prodigal

Play trailer Poster for The Prodigal Released May 6, 1955 1h 54m History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The son (Edmund Purdom) of a Hebrew farmer wastes his fortune on a Damascus love goddess (Lana Turner), then is thrown into a pit of vultures.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A dumb and unconvincing Bible flick Rated: C+ Jan 9, 2018 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis ...a lavish MGM spectacle of the era, with the movie's costume and set designers the real stars of the show. Rated: 4/10 Jun 24, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jeff S This film featuring stars like Lana Turner, Neville Brand, John Dehner, Audrey Dalton, and others will undoubtedly resonate much louder with believers than with cynics. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/08/24 Full Review Audience Member Well appointed but plodding biblical spectacle with Lana looking beautiful in some eye popping and for the period very revealing costumes. A high quality cast is trapped in this junior league Sunday school lesson. Still if you're a fan of "The Robe", "The Ten Commandments" and so forth then there are things to enjoy herein. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Opulent, high-budget film based on the biblical tale "The Prodigal Son" is basically a vehicle for Lana Turner to strut her stuff. Worth seeing for its camp value and the fight with the rubber mechanical vulture at the end. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Rather lackluster Biblical spectacle based on the parable of "The Prodigal Son". Not much here other than a scantily-clad Lana Turner as the High Priestess of Astarte. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A sadly boring spectacle of a film, even though almost all the production values are of a high quality (except that special effect vulture). The script and direction of it are simply too bland for the story and the characters all rather unsympathetic. The one redeeming performance is that of Frances L. Sullivan -and this was his last film. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member This was just really really bad. Like, boring bad. But it has the funniest/crap vulture attack that really has to be seen to be believed. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The son (Edmund Purdom) of a Hebrew farmer wastes his fortune on a Damascus love goddess (Lana Turner), then is thrown into a pit of vultures.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Producer
Charles Schnee
Screenwriter
Maurice Zimm
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 1955, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 54m
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