The Book of Acts Series (1957)

9.0/10 • 150 min • Drama

Overview

The Book of Acts is a 10-part series of short Bible films dramatizing the 28 chapters that comprise the Acts of the Apostles. The series was produced in 1957 by Family Films on behalf of Broadman Films, based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cast

Eddie Dew

Narrator

Carleton Young

Jesus Christ

Taylor Holmes

High Priest

Robert Brubaker

Simon Peter

Guy Prescott

James the Just

Charles Wagenheim

Crippled Man at the Temple

C. Lindsay Workman

Silas

Steve Conte

Agrippa II

Chris Drake

Phillip

Nelson Leigh

Apostle Paul / Saul of Taurus

Joseph Mell

Herod Agrippa

Thayer Roberts

Barnabas

Forrest Taylor

Ananias

Don Gazzaniga

Julius

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