The robe [blu-ray] / [presented by] Twentieth Century Fox ; produced by Frank Ross ; screenplay by Albert Maltz and Philip Dunne ; adaptation by Gina Kaus ; directed by Henry Koster.
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson, Dean Jagger, Torin Thatcher, Richard Boone, Betta St. John, Jeff Morrow, Ernest Thesiger, Dawn Addams, Leon Askin. Based on the novel by Lloyd C. Douglas. Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. Special features: Introduction by Martin Scorsese; commentary by film composer David Newman and film historians Jon Burlingame, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman; isolated score: the music of The robe: Alfred Newman's score; "The making of The robe" featurette; "The Cinemascope story" featurette; "From scripture to script: the Bible and Hollywood" featurette; audio interview with screenwriter Philip Dunn (1969); Fox Movietonews; still galleries; interactive pressbook ; Picture-in-Picture: "The robe times two:" a comparison of widescreen and standard versions; "A seamless faith, the real-life search for The robe" interactive featurette.
Summary:
Marcellus is a Roman tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group of men that are assigned to crucify Jesus. After the crucifixion, he becomes drunk and wins Jesus' homespun robe. He becomes tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, but still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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