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Release Date: 1953 Cast: Dawn Addams, Dean Jagger, Michael Ansara, Jay Robinson, Peter Reynolds, John Doucette, Ben Astar, George E. Stone, Frank Dekova, Michael Rennie, Richard Burton, Jeff Morrow ...MORE
Cast: Dawn Addams, Dean Jagger, Michael Ansara, Jay Robinson, Peter Reynolds, John Doucette, Ben Astar, George E. Stone, Frank Dekova, Michael Rennie, Richard Burton, Jeff Morrow, Victor Mature, Percy Helton, Richard Boone, Sam Gilman, Jean Simmons, Cameron Mitchell, Ernest Thesiger, Harry Shearer, Anthony Eustrel, Hayden Rorke, Betta St. John, Roy Gordon, Leon Askin, Rosalind Ivan, Torin Thatcher, Sally Corner, Thomas Browne Henry, Mae Marsh ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Christian film, Early Christianity, Sword and Sandal, Costume drama, Roadshow theatrical release, Epic, Period piece The Robe is a 1953 American Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for being the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.
It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Frank Ross. The screenplay was adapted by Gina Kaus, Albert Maltz, and Philip Dunne from the Lloyd C. Douglas novel of the same name. The music score was composed by Alfred Newman and the cinematography was by Leon Shamroy.
It stars Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature and MORE
The Robe is a 1953 American Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that crucifies Jesus. The film was made by 20th Century Fox and is notable for being the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope.
It was directed by Henry Koster and produced by Frank Ross. The screenplay was adapted by Gina Kaus, Albert Maltz, and Philip Dunne from the Lloyd C. Douglas novel of the same name. The music score was composed by Alfred Newman and the cinematography was by Leon Shamroy.
It stars Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature and Michael Rennie, with Dean Jagger, Jay Robinson, Richard Boone, and Jeff Morrow.
The Robe had one sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators.
The reason Lloyd Douglas wrote the novel The Robe was to answer the question: what happened to the Roman soldier who won Jesus' robe through a dice game?
The action takes place in Ancient Rome, Judaea, Capri, and Galilee in a time period stretching from 32 A.D. to 38 A.D.
Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton), son of an important Roman senator (Torin Thatcher) and himself a military tribune begins the film in a prologue that introduces the viewer to the might and scope LESS
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