| Genre: | Biblical Fiction |
| Based On: | Book of Genesis |
| Director: | Michael Cacoyannis |
| Starring: | Keith Michell Tony Lo Bianco Colleen Dewhurst Herschel Bernardi Harry Andrews Julian Glover |
| Narrated: | Alan Bates |
| Theme Music Composer: | Mikis Theodorakis |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English Greek |
| Producer: | Mildred Freed Alberg Rony Yacov |
| Cinematography: | Ted Moore Austin Dempster |
| Editor: | Kevin Connor |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Company: | Mildred Theatrical Productions Screen Gems |
| Network: | ABC |
The Story of Jacob and Joseph is a 1974 American Biblical drama television film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Biblical Book of Genesis with a screenplay written by Ernest Kinoy. It stars Keith Michell as Jacob, Tony Lo Bianco as Joseph, Colleen Dewhurst as Rebekah, Herschel Bernardi as Laban, Harry Andrews as Isaac, and Julian Glover as Esau.
Filmed on location in Israel, The Story of Jacob and Joseph originally aired in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company on April 7, 1974. It was the fifth-highest viewed prime time program for the week.[1] The Biblical narrative was continued two years later with The Story of David (1976), also produced for ABC-TV and involving many of the same cast and crew.
This film is the narrative of two Biblical patriarchs: Jacob (Israel) and the favorite among Jacob's 12 sons, Joseph. Part I, The Story of Jacob, details the story of Jacob fleeing his tribe after cheating his brother Esau out of his birthright, getting cheated himself in his exile years, and learning of the need to make amends. Part II, The Story of Joseph and his Brothers, is the story of Jacob's favourite son, Joseph. Betrayed and sold into slavery by his brothers, he meets and overcomes adversity to become the prime minister of Egypt, closest official to the Pharaoh himself.