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The Prodigal

Year:
Duration:
112 min (TCM print)
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
5.2
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1955-05-06
Filming Locations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Lana Turner
Samarra
Edmund Purdom
Micah
Louis Calhern
Nahreeb
Audrey Dalton
Ruth
James Mitchell
Asham
Neville Brand
Rhakim
Walter Hampden
Eli
Taina Elg
Elissa
Francis L. Sullivan
Bosra
Joseph Wiseman
Carmish
John Dehner
Joram
Sandy Descher
Yasmin (as Sandra Descher)
Cecil Kellaway
Governor
Philip Tonge
Barber-Surgeon
David Leonard
Blind Man
Henry Daniell
Ramadi
Paul Cavanagh
Tobiah
Dayton Lummis
Caleb
Tracey Roberts
Tahra
Jarma Lewis
Uba
Jay Novello
Merchant
Dorothy Adams
Carpenter's Wife
Peter DeBear
Carpenter's Son
Phyllis Graffeo
Miriam
Patricia Iannone
Deborah
Eugene Mazzola
David
George Sawaya
Kavak
Richard Devon
Risafe
Ann Cameron
Lahla
Gloria Dea
Faradine
John Rosser
Lirhan
Charles Wagenheim
Zubeir
Jessie Arnold
Bit Role (uncredited)
David Bond
Crier (uncredited)
Argentina Brunetti
Woman (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Townsman (uncredited)
Zev Bufman
Worshipper (uncredited)
Larry Chance
Bit Role (uncredited)
John Cliff
Guard (uncredited)
Booth Colman
Barber (uncredited)
Willa Pearl Curtis
Nubian Woman (uncredited)
Joanna Dale
Bunny (uncredited)
John Damler
Jailer (uncredited)
Linda Danson
Owl (uncredited)
Mary Dean
Background Singer (uncredited)
Patricia Denise
Chicken (uncredited)
Jo Gilbert
Mother (uncredited)
Diane Gump
Fox (uncredited)
Allison Hayes
Bit Role (uncredited)
Chester Hayes
Opponent (uncredited)
John Hudkins
Salkhad (uncredited)
Patricia Jackson
Lion (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
Murderer (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Purveyor (uncredited)
George J. Lewis
Guard (uncredited)
Melba Liston
Female Servant (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Harun (uncredited)
Herbert Lytton
Lame Man (uncredited)
Peter Mamakos
Guard (uncredited)
Lucille Maracini
Ram (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Tailor (uncredited)
Tina Menard
Servant (uncredited)
Patrick Miller
Bit Role (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Beggar (uncredited)
Frank Mitchell
Forerunner (uncredited)
Dorothy Neumann
Mother (uncredited)
Loulie Jean Norman
Background Singer (uncredited)
Milicent Patrick
Bit Role (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
Beggar (uncredited)
Jean Ransome
Bit Role (uncredited)
William Reeves
Background Singer (uncredited)
Gordon Richards
Nahreeb's Scribe (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Chieftain (uncredited)
George Robotham
Human Sacrifice (uncredited)
George Selk
Citizen (uncredited)
Almira Sessions
Woman Buying Grain (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Slave (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Beggar (uncredited)
Gloria Stone
Mouse (uncredited)
Louis Tomei
Abu (uncredited)
Joe Waring
Bit Role (uncredited)
Lila Zali
Monkey (uncredited)
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Trivia
Lana Turner in her autobiography: [on "The Prodigal"] The Prodigal Son they named Micah, and to play him, chose Edmund Purdom, a young man with a remarkably high opinion of himself. His pomposity was hard enough to bear; worse yet was the garlic breath he brought back from lunch. My lines were so stupid I hated to go to work in the morning. Even the costumes were atrocious. They were ornate concoctions dripping with heavy beads, and the material was so stiff that I felt I was wearing armor. "Well," I thought, "I may be trapped in this picture, but I'm going to make myself as sensuous, sexy, and gorgeous as possible."
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Jazz performer and arranger Melba Liston has an uncredited role as a servant woman.
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This was Lana Turner's first movie in CinemaScope.
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Quotes
Micah: I would rather be a servant in my father's house than king in Damascus.
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Samarra: The women in the wheel are the pick of the market. Did you not notice how superb were the haunches of the Grecian woman and how the lips of the Egyptian parted when she looked at any man?
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Nahreeb: I'll break his body and what he calls his soul!
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Photos from cast
George Keymas
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