Rotten
Watchable mainly for the sheer skill and drive of Preminger's direction, although at 220 minutes even that long outstays its welcome.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Exodus
The drama and the passion of one of the epic events of the twentieth century!
1960 · 3h 28m · Approved
Drama, War
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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Exodus
Overview
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
Director and cast
- Otto Preminger Director
- Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan
- Eva Marie Saint as Kitty Fremont
- Ralph Richardson as Gen. Sutherland
- Peter Lawford as Maj. Caldwell
- Lee J. Cobb as Barak Ben Canaan
- Sal Mineo as Dov Landau
- John Derek as Taha
- Hugh Griffith as Mandria
- Gregory Ratoff as Lakavitch
- Felix Aylmer as Dr. Lieberman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In the end, one should take from this picture a shaken feeling of having been through a lot of harsh and ennobling experiences.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Intelligence applied exactly where it is most rare: in the lavish, star-studded epic.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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