<P> Hunter was in an urban thriller, Key Witness (1960), directed by Phil Karlson . After making the film Fox did not renew its contract with Hunter . </P> <P> Hunter's next film was with Karlson; he played Guy Gabaldon in the Allied Artists film Hell to Eternity (1960), which was a hit at the box office . (Gabaldon later named one of his sons Jeffrey Hunter Gabaldon .) </P> <P> Nicholas Ray cast Hunter in the role of Jesus Christ in the $8 million epic King of Kings (1961), produced by Samuel Bronston . "I've broken my shackles at last," said Hunter at the time . He told Louella Parsons, "Christ was a carpenter and 33 years old, and I am 33, and I suppose my physical measurements fitted the description in the New Testament . At the time of His death, He was robust, and not a delicate man ." </P> <P> It was a difficult part met by critical reaction that ranged from praise to ridicule . Hunter's youthful matinee - idol looks resulted in the film being derided as I Was a Teenage Jesus, despite the actor's age at the time . However it was a big hit at the box office and remains one of Hunter's best remembered roles . Hunter reflected two years after the film came out that, "I still get an average of 1,500 letters a month from people who saw me in that film and share the beauty and inspiration I derived from it with me . There are some things that can't be measured in dollars and cents and how can anyone put a price--even the price of a million - dollar career--on the role of the greatest Being this mortal world has ever known?" </P>

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