---
title: 'The Story of Mankind (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Irwin Allen'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-story-of-mankind-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051016/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Story of Mankind (1957)

1957 · 100 min · Drama, Fantasy · United States


## Synopsis

The Story of Mankind is a 1957 American fantasy film, loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. The film was directed and coproduced by Irwin Allen and released by Warner Bros. Pictures.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen)
- **Screenplay:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen), [Charles Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Irwin Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-allen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Sawtell](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sawtell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nicholas Musuraca](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-musuraca)
- **Editor:** [Roland Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-gross)

## Cast

- [Fred Kelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-kelsey)
- [William Schallert](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-schallert)
- [Cesar Romero](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesar-romero)
- [Ziva Rodann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ziva-rodann)
- [Reginald Gardiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-gardiner)
- [Anthony Dexter](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dexter)
- [Alexander Lockwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-lockwood)
- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Abraham Sofaer](https://cinepixo.com/people/abraham-sofaer)
- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Agnes Moorehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-moorehead)
- [Francis X. Bushman](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-x-bushman)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)

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