Alexander the Great is a 1956 sword and sandal epic film written, directed and produced by Robert Rossen with Gordon S. Griffith as executive producer. It was released by United Artists and starred Richard Burton as Alexander.

An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos

The true story of Alexander the Great and his relationship with Aristotle and olympias (his Mother).

This was actually shot in 1964, but it was deemed to be unairable, so it was shelved for four years until Adam West (I) and William Shatner had each reached a certain level of fame to get respectable ratings for the show. At the time of this aired Adam West (I) was in the throws of Batman-mania from the success of his show, and William Shatner was the star of "Star Trek" (1966).

This was an unsold pilot film re-creating the historic "Battle of Issus" (333 B.C.) in which Alexander's Greek forces met with the Persian Army.