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The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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- TriviaIrwin Allen managed to assemble his all-star cast by promising them they would only be filming for one day and that they would get paid $25,000 for doing so.
- GoofsThe cheap production values of this film resulted in many anachronisms. Some of the most obvious include: In ancient Greece, the hand of Plato is shown writing in cursive with a stylus, but he has no inkwell, and his shirtsleeve (on a toga?) looks more medieval or renaissance. In the next shot, Aristotle is surrounded by bubbling glass beakers filled with colored liquids, a la Victor Frankenstein's laboratory. The Indian who sells Manhattan sits in front of a Plains tribe tepee and wears a full Western war bonnet.
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Mr. Scratch: Then, came the red man, fighting for his very survival and the white man determined to take away this so-called god-given heritage, used the foulest of methods. Rather confusing, don't you think?
- ConnectionsEdited from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
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A Classic Turkey
Unlike most people, I really enjoyed this film. Not only was it unintentionally funny, but it had all the elements that would later be associated with many of Irwin Allen's latter works (stock footage and an all-star cast). Vincent Price is at his sinister best playing Mr. Scratch, the devil, and Ronald Colman is wonderful as the spirit of mankind. Too bad this film isn't on video or DVD because it truly is a cult classic that is an acquired taste.
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- La historia de la humanidad
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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