The Great Commandment

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The Great Commandment ★ 1941

Young man throws himself into a revolution against the overbearing Roman Empire in A.D. 30. His brother joins him but is killed. The man, who has become influenced by the teachings of Christ, decides to give up his revolution and go off with his brother's widow. (He always loved her anyway.) 78m/B VHS, DVD . John Beal, Maurice (Moscovitch) Moscovich, Albert Dekker, Marjorie Cooley, Warren McCollum; D: Irving Pichel.