"Narrator: [first lines] In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. I am He. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him, was made nothing that has been made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of man. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness grasped it not. The greatest story ever told..."

"King Herod: The child of imagination is the child I fear."

"John the Baptist: [repeated line] Repent!"

"The Dark Hermit - Satan: A long climb, wasn't it? A long hard climb...You know, some people think the whole of life should be like that, hm..."An easy life is a sinful life". Not so, my friend...A man's life can be as easy as he wishes to make it. And it can be easy, my friend. If one knows the way to power and glory in this world."

"Caiaphas: Jesus of Nazareth, your crimes are so many I scarcely know where to begin."

"Pontius Pilate: [to Jesus] You claim to be the son of God. Which one? Mars? Hercules? Jupiter? Which God are you the son of?"

"The Centurion: [after Jesus dies] Truly, this man was the Son of God."

"Exclusive Limited Engagement!"

"The George Stevens Production"

"Max von Sydow — Jesus"

"Dorothy McGuire — the Virgin Mary"

"Charlton Heston — John the Baptist"

"Claude Rains — Herod the Great"

"Jose Ferrer — Herod Antipas"

"Telly Savalas — Pontius Pilate"

"Martin Landau — Caiaphas"

"David McCallum — Judas Iscariot"

"Donald Pleasence — "The Dark Hermit" (Satan)"

"Michael Anderson, Jr. as James the Just"

"Roddy McDowall as Matthew"

"Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene"

"Joseph Schildkraut as Nicodemus"

"Do not weep for me; weep for yourselves, and for your children. For a time is coming when men will say "blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore a child." And they will say to the mountains "fall on us," and to the hills "cover us," for if these things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

"[last lines] Go now, and teach all nations. Make it your first care to love one another and to find the kingdom of God, and all things shall be yours without me asking. Do not fret then for tomorrow; leave tomorrow to fret over its own needs, for today...today's troubles are enough. And lo, I am with you always, even onto the end of the world..."

"What is the law? It's a gun pointed at somebody's head. All depends upon which end of the gun you stand, whether the law is just or not."

"Well, it's a form of self-expression. Some people write books. Some people write music. I make speeches on street corners."

"I don't approve of, but I like people who think in terms of ideal conditions. They're the dreamers, poets, tragic figures in this world, but interesting."

"Listen, I can't hang around here even if I wanted to. Lightcap's ordered me out 50 times since last night. I'm here now only by the grace of being in his pajamas. One minute I'm out of these and I'm out on my ear!"

"This is your law and your finest possession - it makes you free men in a free country. Why have you come here to destroy it? If you know what's good for you, take those weapons home and burn them! And then think... think of this country and of the law that makes it what it is. Think of a world crying for this very law! And maybe you'll understand why you ought to guard it. Why the law has got to be the personal concern of every citizen. To uphold it for your neighbor as well as yourself. Violence against it is one mistake. Another mistake is for any man to look upon the law as just a set of principles. And just so much language printed on fine, heavy paper. Something he recites and then leans back and takes it for granted that justice is automatically being done. Both kinds of men are equally wrong! The law must be engraved in our hearts and practiced every minute to the letter and spirit. It can't even exist unless we're willing to go down into the dust and blood and fight a battle every day of our lives to preserve it. For our neighbor as well as ourself."

"Look at me, a dream of twenty years come true. More happiness than any man deserves, that chair. But now there's something Else, Nora: My friends. I want to see them as happy as I am. Nothing less will do. And Leopold, what a fine fellow - and I've been thinking, Nora, that if someone were to take his hand and say "Leopold, my wreckless friend, here's love and companionship, forever." Well, some day that man would... You see what I mean, Nora?"

"Miss Shelly, judging from the past 12 hours, how quiet do you think it could be in this house, with you in it?"

"Alright, Joseph, you conduct the law your way on random sentimentality and you will have violence and disorder."

"Nothing deranges a woman's mind more than marriage."

"He's the only honest man I've come across in this town in 20 years. Naturally, they want to hang him."

"Cary Grant - Leopold Dilg - Joseph"

"Jean Arthur - Miss Nora Shelley"

"Ronald Colman - Professor Michael Lightcap"

"Edgar Buchanan - Sam Yates"

"Glenda Farrell - Regina Bush"

"Charles Dingle - Andrew Holmes"

"Emma Dunn - Mrs. Shelley"

"Rex Ingram - Tilney"

"Leonid Kinskey - Jan Pulaski"

"Tom Tyler - Clyde Bracken"

"Don Beddoe - Police Chief"

"Stop saying "Leopold" like that, tenderly. It sounds funny. You can't do it with a name like Leopold."