The Epic That Never Was (1969)

Name: The Epic That Never Was
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1969-09-19
Duration: 74 min
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Charles Laughton, Robert Graves, Josef von Sternberg, Merle Oberon

The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.

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Released 1969-09-19 · 74 min · Documentary

Directed by Bill Duncalf

Cast

Dirk Bogarde as Self - Narrator
Charles Laughton as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Robert Graves as Self - Interviewee
Josef von Sternberg as Self - Interviewee
Merle Oberon as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
Flora Robson as Self - Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)
Emlyn Williams as Self - Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)
Eileen Corbett as Self - Interviewee
John Armstrong as Self - Interviewee
John Abbott as Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Robert Newton as Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage) (uncredited)
Basil Gill as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)