The Robe
The first motion picture in CinemaScope--the modern miracle you see without glasses!
1953-09-16 | 135 minutes
Plot Summary
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
Cast
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Richard BurtonMarcellus Gallio
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Jean SimmonsDiana
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Victor MatureDemetrius
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Richard BoonePontius Pilate
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Leon AskinAbidor
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Michael RenniePeter
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Dean JaggerJustus
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Jay RobinsonCaligula
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Torin ThatcherSen. Gallio
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Betta St. JohnMiriam
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Jeff MorrowPaulus
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Ernest ThesigerEmperor Tiberius
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Dawn AddamsJunia
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Bess FlowersSpectator at Caligula's court (uncredited)
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Michael AnsaraJudas (uncredited)
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Percy HeltonCaleb, the wine merchant (uncredited)
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Thomas Browne HenryMarius, the physician (uncredited)
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Rosalind IvanJulia (uncredited)
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