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The Prodigal (1955) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Charles Schnee.

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Micah: [Referring to Ruth] If she did come, I would tell her that what cannot be forgotten can sometimes be forgiven.


Micah: Sometimes, Asham, a man must make a little trouble.


Samarra: A high priestess cries the day she is born and never again in her lifetime.


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This was Lana Turner's first movie in CinemaScope.
Ava Gardner and Vittorio Gassman were originally cast as Edmund Purdom's co-stars.
Jazz performer and arranger Melba Liston has an uncredited role as a servant woman.
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