Movie: Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Top 10 Billed Cast

Keith Baxter
Keith Baxter

Self

Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd

Self (archive footage)

Jack Brodsky
Jack Brodsky

Self

David Brown
David Brown

Self

Richard Burton
Richard Burton

Self (archive footage)

Joan Collins
Joan Collins

Self (archive footage)

Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn

Self

Robert Culp
Robert Culp

Narrator

John DeCuir
John DeCuir

Self (archive footage)

C.O. Erickson
C.O. Erickson

Self

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    Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

  • Release Date

    2001-04-03

  • Average

    7.2

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    English
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