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The Robe
The Robe is a 1953 American fictional Biblical epic film that tells the story of a Roman military tribune who commands the unit that is responsible for the Crucifixion of Jesus. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and was the first film released in the widescreen process CinemaScope. Like other early CinemaScope films, The Robe was shot with Henri Chrétien's original Hypergonar anamorphic lenses.
Plot
Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio, on the way to a gladiator auction, helps catch runaway defiant Greek slave Demetrius, then at the auction site is reunited with childhood love Diana (now ward of Emperor Tiberius), who has been pledged in marriage to the regent Caligula, with whom Marcellus has a longstanding feud. Marcellus outbids Caligula in an auction for Demetrius, whom Marcellus wins and sets free, yet Demetrius remains honor bound to Marcellus and becomes his household servant. That evening, Caligula vengefully assigns Marcellus a military transfer to Jerusalem; before Marcellus leaves, he and Diana pledge their love and reaffirm their promise from youth to one day marry, as Diana will not allow her marriage to Caligula.
Awards
Cast
- Anthony Eustrel
- Betta St. John
- Cameron Mitchell
- Dawn Addams
- Dean Jagger
- Ernest Thesiger
- Ford Rainey
- Francis Pierlot
- Frank de Kova
- George E. Stone
- Harry Shearer
- Hayden Rorke
- Helen Beverley
- Jan Arvan
- Jay Novello
- Jay Robinson
- Jean Simmons
- Jeff Morrow
- John Doucette
- Leon Askin
- Mae Marsh
- Michael Ansara
- Michael Rennie
- Percy Helton
- Peter Reynolds
- Richard Boone
- Richard Burton
- Rosalind Ivan
- Sam Gilman
- Thomas Browne Henry
- Torin Thatcher
- Victor Mature
- William Barrymore