Two films in the 1960s that each won multiple Academy Awards (including Best Score) both happened to be set in Greece — 1960's Never on Sunday, starring Melina Mercouri and and her husband Jules Dassin (who also directed the film), and 1965's Zorba the Greek, starring Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates.
On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear excerpts of each of these Greek-set scores: "Never On Sunday" (from the film of the same name), and "Zorba's Dance" from Zorba the Greek.
Original trailer — Never on Sunday
Original trailer — Zorba the Greek
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