El Cid (1961)

Summary: The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

Release Date: December 14, 1961

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Anthony Mann

Writers: Fredric M. Frank

, Philip Yordan

, Ben Barzman

Runtime: 3 h 02 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Samuel Bronston Productions, Dear Film Produzione

Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Columbia Pictures Television, Vestron Video, Media Home Entertainment, Miramax, Best Film & Video Corp., Best Film and Video, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Countries: Italy, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,250,000

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Summary: The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

Genres: Drama, Family, Romance

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Writers: Fredric M. Frank

, Barré Lyndon

, Theodore St. John

Runtime: 2 h 32 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 36,000,000

Samson and Delilah (1949)

Summary: When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.

Release Date: September 21, 1950

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Director: Cecil B. DeMille