King David

Richard Gere plays the Biblical leader in this saga of ancient Israel. Samuel: Denis Quilley. Saul: Edward Woodward. Bathsheba: Alice Krige. Ahimelech: Hurd Hatfield. Young David: Ian Sears. Directed by Bruce Beresford (“Tender Mercies”)., Bruce Beresford directed this adaptation of the story of David (played as an adult by Richard Gere), the Biblical hero who killed Goliath to become the second monarch of Israel., The Old Testament story of the life of David, from his boyhood battle with Goliath to his uneasy reign as King of Israel, his five marriages and his son Solomon’s succession