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- ↑ Saturday Review - Volume 49, Part 1 - Page 70 1966 Judith: The original motion picture score, Sol Kaplan's music for this adventure-drama set in Israel is somewhat reminiscent (Exodus re- composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan. visited, so to say), but consistently attractive all the same.
