Drama · United States of America · 1962 · 1h 22m

The World's Greatest Sinner

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Director
Timothy Carey
Cast
Timothy Carey as Clarence Hilliard Gil Barreto as Alonzo Betty Rowland as Edna Hilliard James Farley as The Devil Gail Griffin as Betty Hilliard Tyde Rule as Follower
Crew
Ray Dennis Steckler — Director of Photography Edgar G. Ulmer — Director of Photography Frank Zappa — Original Music Composer Timothy Carey — Writer Timothy Carey — Producer
Tagline

As a sinner, he’s a winner!

Synopsis

A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live forever. He ends up forming his own political party, "The Eternal Man" party. He begins to be referred to as "God". Then he starts having doubts about the eternalness of man.

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Mood & Themes
politicssurrealreligionunderground film
Key Collaborators
Timothy Carey Director Ray Dennis Steckler Director of Photography Edgar G. Ulmer Director of Photography Frank Zappa Original Music Composer Timothy Carey Writer Timothy Carey Producer
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