Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 1966 american war film”. Today it says “a 1966 american action film based on the life of colonel mickey marcus”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 American war film , produced, written and directed by Melville Shavelson based on Ted Berkman 's biography of Colonel Mickey Marcus . The film stars Kirk Douglas and Senta Berger , and features appearances by John Wayne , Frank Sinatra , and Yul Brynner . Marcus ( Kirk Douglas ) served as an adviser and as the very first aluf in the war to establish the state of Israel in 1948. He falls in love with a female Israeli soldier, Magda Simon ( Senta Berger ) in Palestine . Filmed mostly in the Middle Eastern locations in which they occurred, Cast a Giant Shadow is not entirely historically accurate but is based on actual events. In addition to appearances by Wayne, Sinatra, Brynner, and Angie Dickinson , the movie also features Kirk's son Michael Douglas in his first small film role, as a jeep driver. The film is also notable for its classic John Wayne scenes including a toast where Wayne says "L’chaim”. Footage from this film featuring Wayne as The General was used in a Coors Light commercial.1
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Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 big-budget action film based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus , and stars Kirk Douglas , Senta Berger , Yul Brynner , John Wayne , Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson .Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 big-budget action film based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus , and stars Kirk Douglas , Senta Berger , Yul Brynner , John Wayne , Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson . Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed. The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus , who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
1966 film by Melville Shavelson Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 American action film based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus , and stars Kirk Douglas , Senta Berger , Yul Brynner , John Wayne , Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson . Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed. The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus , who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
1966 film by Melville Shavelson Cast a Giant Shadow is a 1966 American action film based on the life of Colonel Mickey Marcus , and stars Kirk Douglas , Senta Berger , Yul Brynner , John Wayne , Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson . Melville Shavelson adapted, produced and directed. The film is a fictionalized account of the experiences of a real-life Jewish-American military officer, Colonel David "Mickey" Marcus , who commanded units of the fledgling Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War .
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a 1966 american war film
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a 1966 american action film based on the life of colonel mickey marcus
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