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A Balasaur Score of 37 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 13%. Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do. Most of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Ratings
IMDb4.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do.
40 audience votes
Key crew
- Victor SavilleDirector
- Lesser SamuelsScreenplay
- Franz WaxmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Virginia MayoHelena
- Pier AngeliDeborra
- Jack PalanceSimon The Magician
- Paul NewmanBasil
- Walter HampdenJoseph of Arimathea
- Joseph WisemanMijamin
- Alexander ScourbyLuke
- Lorne GreenePeter
- David J. StewartAdam
- Herbert RudleyLinus
- Jacques AubuchonNero
- E.G. MarshallIgnatius
Stills
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Themes
tricksgreekdisciplesmessiah