King David

Directed by Bruce Beresford
Produced by Martin Elfand
Written by Andrew Birkin
James Costigan
Starring Richard Gere
Edward Woodward
Alice Krige
Luigi Montefiori
Niall Buggy
Jack Klaff
Music by Carl Davis
Cinematography Donald McAlpine
Editing by William M. Anderson
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) March 29, 1985
Running time 115 minutes
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget $21 million
Box office $5,111,099

King David is a 1985 film about the second king of Israel, David. It was filmed in 1984 in Matera and Craco, Italy, and at Pinewood Studios in England. It was directed by Bruce Beresford and starred Richard Gere in the title role.

Cast :
Richard Gere as "David"
Edward Woodward as "Saul"
Alice Krige as "Bathsheba"
Denis Quilley as "Samuel"
Niall Buggy as "Nathan"
Cherie Lunghi as "Michal"
Hurd Hatfield as "Ahimelech"
Jack Klaff as "Jonathan"
John Castle as "Abner"
Tim Woodward as "Joab"
David de Keyser as "Ahitophel"
Ian Sears as "Young David"
Simon Dutton as "Eliab"
Jean-Marc Barr as "Absalom"
George Eastman as "Goliath"
Arthur Whybrow as "Jesse"
Christopher Malcolm as "Doeg the Edomite"
Valentine Pelka as "Shammah"
Ned Vukovic as "Malchishua"
Gina Bellman as "Tamar"
James Coombes as "Amnon"
Tomás Milián as "Akiss"