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The Robe

- The first motion picture in CinemaScope--the modern miracle you see without glasses!

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.

Release Date : 1953-09-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Marcellus Gallio

Original Name : Richard Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diana

Original Name : Jean Simmons

Gender : Female

Character Name : Demetrius

Original Name : Victor Mature

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pontius Pilate

Original Name : Richard Boone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abidor

Original Name : Leon Askin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : Michael Rennie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Justus

Original Name : Dean Jagger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caligula

Original Name : Jay Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sen. Gallio

Original Name : Torin Thatcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miriam

Original Name : Betta St. John

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paulus

Original Name : Jeff Morrow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emperor Tiberius

Original Name : Ernest Thesiger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Junia

Original Name : Dawn Addams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spectator at Caligula's court (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lucia (uncredited)

Original Name : Pamela Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judas (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Ansara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caleb, the wine merchant (uncredited)

Original Name : Percy Helton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonathan (uncredited)

Original Name : Nicolas Koster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marius, the physician (uncredited)

Original Name : Thomas Browne Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julia (uncredited)

Original Name : Rosalind Ivan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gracchus (uncredited)

Original Name : George E. Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tiro (uncredited)

Original Name : Jay Novello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bidder at slave auction (uncredited)

Original Name : Hayden Rorke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcipor (uncredited)

Original Name : David Leonard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roman Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Tovey

Gender : Male

Character Name : David (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Shearer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)

Original Name : Mae Marsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cleander (uncredited)

Original Name : Ben Astar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Citizen (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Fogel

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-30

Richard Burton ("Gallio") leads the cast in this lavishly colourful toga and sandals tale of a Roman Tribune who falls foul of a wonderfully over-the-top Jay Robinson as "Caligula" at a slave auction. As punishment, he and his newly bought slave "Demetrius" (Victor Mature) are despatched to the backwater of Judea. Once there, he is assigned by Pontius Pilate to supervise the crucifixion of Christ whereupon he happens upon the legendary robe and his soul becomes a tortured wreck. Jean Simmons is the love interest trying desperately to keep him sane as he tries to retrieve the garment, but try as she might he is gradually subsumed. The whole thing is just too ponderous, lethargic and ultimately it all rather ends up on the rocks. Alfred Newman's score is overbearing and the script woefully stodgy too. Henry Koster could have taken 20 minutes from this and it might just have tightened it up enough to sustain my interest. He didn't and it didn't...