Movie: The Book of Acts Series

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Eddie Dew
Eddie Dew

Narrator

Carleton Young
Carleton Young

Jesus Christ

Taylor Holmes
Taylor Holmes

High Priest

Robert Brubaker
Robert Brubaker

Simon Peter

Guy Prescott
Guy Prescott

James the Just

Charles Wagenheim
Charles Wagenheim

Crippled Man at the Temple

C. Lindsay Workman
C. Lindsay Workman

Silas

Steve Conte
Steve Conte

Agrippa II

Chris Drake
Chris Drake

Phillip

Dick Foote
Dick Foote

Timothy

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    The Book of Acts is a 10-part series of short Bible films dramatizing the 28 chapters that comprise the Acts of the Apostles. The series was produced in 1957 by Family Films on behalf of Broadman Films, based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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    1957-01-01

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