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Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Melville Shavelson and produced by Melville Shavelson and Michael Wayne.

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Abou Ibn Kader: When you were 3 years old, I was stealing cattle from your father. There was a man! A lion! He shot me twice, and we came to an agreement of gentlemen. I was a guest in your house. I held you on my knee. Twice you wet your pants and mine. You have no honor.
Ram Oren: It was an old Bedouin friend of my father's. I thought he died long ago.
Abou Ibn Kader: Hush, hush, I'm far from dead. You can ask that bag of fat who just danced for us.


Emma Marcus: Next week, he's going in a convoy to Jerusalem. And he's dictating from memory every army training manual he can remember. He says they need it more than the Bible.
Mrs. Chaison: Did he happen to mention who he's dictating the Song of Solomon to?


Abou Ibn Kader: Ram Oren, don't wet your pants again.


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Though not really trivia, it is there for all who view it to see, this film's opening prologue states: "The major events in this film actually happened. Some of them are still happening. The major characters actually lived. Many of them are still living. Although it was not easy." At the time of release, this statement was probably the case.
Michael Douglas' movie debut.
During filming in August 1965 John Wayne enraged director Melville Shavelson with his views on the Watts Riots.
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