The silver chalice [videorecording (DVD)] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Victor Saville production ; written for the screen by Lesser Samuels ; directed by Victor Saville.
Title from container. Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance, Paul Newman, Walter Hampden. Based on the novel "The silver chalice" by Thomas B. Costain. Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Summary:
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 is struggling with his feeling and is torn between his adoring wife and a wily temptress. 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.
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