Jesus Christ Superstar And now the film… Release date: 1973-08-15 Genres: Music, Drama Actors: Ted Neeley, Barry Dennen, Marcia McBroom, Paul Thomas, Baayork Lee, Robert LuPone, Larry Marshall, Josh Mostel, Pi Douglass, Denise Pence, Carl Anderson, Richard Molinare, Yvonne Elliman, Kurt Yaghjian, Leeyan Granger, Steve Boockvor, Thommie Walsh, Jeff Hyslop, Jonathan Wynne, David Devir, Sally Neal, Wyetta Turner, Richard Orbach, Peter Luria, Bob Bingham, Tom Guest, Susie Allanson, Kate Wright, Ellen Hoffman, Judith Daby, Noam Cohen, Vera Biloshisky, Moshe Uziel, Didi Liekov, Zvi Lehat, David Duack, Lea Kestin, Zvulun Cohen, Itzhak Sidranski, Amity Razi, Wendy Maltby, Shooki Wagner, David Barkan, Stephen Denenberg, Meir Israel, Darcel Wynne, Doron Gaash, Haim Bashi, David Rejwan, Avi Ben-Haim, Cliff Michaelevski, Danny Basevitch, Tamar Zafria, Adaya Pilo, Riki Oren Direction: Norman Jewison Budget: $3,500,000Revenue: $24,593,103 Runtime: 1 h. 48 min. Score: 7.1/10 Votes: 574 Countries: United States of America Companies: Universal Pictures Available* : Overview: As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.