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Exodus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film about the founding of the State of Israel. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger , the screenplay was adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the 1958 novel of the same name by Leon Uris .
David Opatoshu (born David Opatovsky; January 30, 1918 – April 30, 1996) was an American actor.He is best known for his role in the film Exodus (1960). [1]Opatoshu began his acting career in the Yiddish theater.
Haworth was born in Hove, Sussex, to a textile magnate father and a mother who trained as a ballet dancer. [2] She was named Valerie Jill in honour of the day she was born, Victory over Japan Day or V.J. Day. [3] She took ballet lessons at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School to escape from an unhappy home when her parents separated in 1953.
Eva Marie Saint (born July 4, 1924) is an American retired actress. In a career that spanned nearly 80 years, she won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awards.
The main theme from the film ("Theme of Exodus") has been widely remixed and covered by many artists. The most popular version was an instrumental by Ferrante and Teicher, which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. [1] It was kept of out the number one spot by Wonderland by Night by Bert Kaempfert. [2] This version became a gold ...
John Derek by Phil Stern in 1955. After the war, Derek had a small role in A Double Life (1947) when he was approached by Humphrey Bogart, who renamed him John Derek and cast him as Nick "Pretty Boy" Romano, an unrepentant killer, in Knock on Any Door (1949), a socially conscious melodrama directed by Nicholas Ray. [6]
George Maharis (September 1, 1928 – May 24, 2023) was an American actor, singer, and visual artist who portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the TV series Route 66. Maharis also recorded several pop music albums at the height of his fame, and later starred in the TV series The Most Deadly Game .
"Theme of Exodus", also known as "This land is mine" through its chorus, is a song composed and performed by Ernest Gold. It serves as the main theme song to Otto Preminger 's epic film Exodus , based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Leon Uris , which tells the story of founding of the modern State of Israel .