The Epic That Never Was
Sep 19, 1969 · 1h 14m · Documentary
⭐ 6.7· 7 votes
Director Bill Duncalf
Writer Bill Duncalf
Overview
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Trailer
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Cast
Charles Laughton
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves
Interviewee [original author]
Josef von Sternberg
Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)
Merle Oberon
Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson
Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams
Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen Corbett
Interviewee [script girl]
John Armstrong
Interviewee [costume designer]
Dirk Bogarde
Narrator
John Abbott
Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Robert Newton
Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage; uncredited)
Basil Gill
Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage; uncredited)
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