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The Epic That Never Was(1969)
Status: Released
Date: 1969-09-19
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7 Votes
Time: 1h 14m
Overview:
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Epic That Never Was
Top 10 Billed Cast
Charles Laughton
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves
Interviewee [original author]
Josef von Sternberg
Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)
Merle Oberon
Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson
Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams
Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Dirk Bogarde
Narrator
John Abbott
Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
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