The Robe
Summary:
Historically important as the first CinemaScope feature film, 20th Century-Fox's The Robe is fine dramatic entertainment in its own right. Based on the best-selling novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, the film stars Richard Burton as the wastrelly Roman tribune who is assigned by a weary Pontius Pilate (Richard Boone, who spends the whole of his single scene washing his hands) to s... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Richard Burton - (Marcellus Gallio)
Jean Simmons - (Diana)
Victor Mature - (Demetrius)
Michael Rennie - (Peter)
Jay Robinson - (Caligula)
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Review:
The Robe is best remembered as the first movie shot in CinemaScope, the wide-screen format designed to lure audiences away from the new medium of TV by exaggerating the contrast between the big movie screen and the small TV screen. Even today, the film seems grand and sweeping; the mere spectacle is enough to make it worth seeing. Some of the pe... Continue >>
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