# The Power of the Resurrection > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Power_of_the_Resurrection > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Power_of_the_Resurrection.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Resurrection > Source revision: 1349092020 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1958 American film The Power of the Resurrection DVD cover Directed by Harold D. Schuster Written by Henry Denker Produced by Henry Denker, Sam Hersh Starring Richard Kiley Jon Shepodd Morris Ankrum Cinematography Walter Strenge Edited by Robert Fritch Music by Paul Dunlap[1] Color process Technicolor Production company Family Films Distributed by Modern Sound Pictures Inc.[2] Release date 1958 (1958) Running time 58 minutes Country United States Language English ***The Power of the Resurrection*** is a 1958 American feature film directed by [Harold D. Schuster](/source/Harold_D._Schuster)[3] and starring [Richard Kiley](/source/Richard_Kiley), [Jon Shepodd](/source/Jon_Shepodd), [Morris Ankrum](/source/Morris_Ankrum).[4] The film is also known as *The Passion and the Power of the Christ*.[5][6] ## Plot A young man soon facing the death sentence for his Christian faith shares his fears with Peter. Peter faces the same fate and tells the man about his own fear that he felt after Jesus was arrested in the garden of [Gethsemane](/source/Gethsemane), when he had to deny his knowing of Jesus for three times. However, Jesus still told Peter that he would be the rock on which the Church would be built. ## Cast - [Richard Kiley](/source/Richard_Kiley) as Peter - [Jon Shepodd](/source/Jon_Shepodd) as Jesus Christ - Jan Arvan as Judas - [Morris Ankrum](/source/Morris_Ankrum) as Annas - [Robert Cornthwaite](/source/Robert_Cornthwaite_(actor)) as Caiaphus - Stephen Joyce as John - [Booth Colman](/source/Booth_Colman) as James - [Dorothy Morris](/source/Dorothy_Morris) as Mary, Sister of Lazarus - [Charles Maxwell](/source/Charles_Maxwell_(actor)) as Investigator - [Dan Riss](/source/Dan_Riss) as Thomas - [John Zaremba](/source/John_Zaremba) as Samuel - [Charles Wagenheim](/source/Charles_Wagenheim) as Merchant[7] - [Gilman Rankin](/source/Gilman_Rankin) as Joseph of Arimathea - [Judd Holdren](/source/Judd_Holdren) as Temple Officer ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hischak, Thomas S. (April 16, 2015). [*The Encyclopedia of Film Composers*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&dq=The+Power+of+the+Resurrection+%281958+film%29&pg=PA203) (in Arabic). [Rowman & Littlefield](/source/Rowman_%26_Littlefield). p. 203. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4422-4550-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4422-4550-1). Retrieved April 13, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Walsh, Richard (June 28, 2018). [*T&T Clark Companion to the Bible and Film*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxaDwAAQBAJ&dq=The+Power+of+the+Resurrection+(1958+film)&pg=PA400). [Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing). p. 400. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-567-66621-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-567-66621-5). Retrieved April 13, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Power of the Resurrection (1958)"](https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film564711.html). *[FilmAffinity](/source/FilmAffinity)*. Retrieved April 15, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Malone, Peter (October 12, 2012). [*Screen Jesus: Portrayals of Christ in Television and Film*](https://books.google.com/books?id=3sIj6ak6Cc8C&dq=The+Power+of+the+Resurrection+(1958+film)&pg=PA312). Scarecrow Press. p. 38. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8108-8390-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8108-8390-1). Retrieved April 13, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Burnette-Bletsch, Rhonda (September 12, 2016). [*The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UdUXDQAAQBAJ&dq=The+Power+of+the+Resurrection+(1958+film)&pg=PT744). [Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG](/source/De_Gruyter). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-5015-0016-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5015-0016-9). Retrieved April 13, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*Bowker's Complete Video Directory*](https://books.google.com/books?id=FbMzAQAAIAAJ&q=The+Power+of+the+Resurrection+(1958+film)). [R. R. Bowker](/source/R._R._Bowker). 2000. p. 2248. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8352-4305-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8352-4305-6). Retrieved April 13, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Playbills to Photoplays: Stage Performers Who Pioneered the Talkies*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RuolkAxx1SsC&dq=The+Power+of+the+Resurrection+(1958+film)&pg=PA185). Xlibris Corporation. December 1, 2010. p. 185. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4535-8775-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4535-8775-1). Retrieved April 13, 2022. ## External links - [*The Power of the Resurrection*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416105/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Harold Schuster Wings of the Morning (1937) Dinner at the Ritz (1937) Swing That Cheer (1938) Exposed (1938) Queer Cargo (1938) One Hour to Live (1939) Framed (1940) Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940) Diamond Frontier (1940) Zanzibar (1940) South to Karanga (1940) A Very Young Lady (1941) Small Town Deb (1941) The Postman Didn't Ring (1942) On the Sunny Side (1942) Girl Trouble (1942) Bomber's Moon (1943) My Friend Flicka (1943) Marine Raiders (1944) The Tender Years (1948) So Dear to My Heart (1949) Kid Monk Baroni (1952) Loophole (1954) Security Risk (1954) Port of Hell (1954) Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) The Return of Jack Slade (1955) Finger Man (1955) Down Liberty Road (1956) Portland Exposé (1957) Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957) The Power of the Resurrection (1958) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Power of the Resurrection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Resurrection) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_the_Resurrection?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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