The Robe

Director: Henry Koster, Henry Coster

Overview

"When released back in 1953, The Robe was the first movie to be filmed in the Cinemascope format, which was created to bring audiences back into the cinemas instead of staying at home and watching television. The ploy worked and this bible epic went on to

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2001
UPC:	0024543020820
Original Release:	1953
Rating:	NR
Source:	20TH CENT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;Anamorphic widescreen [aspect ratio 2.55:1]; English 4.0 Surround: English stereo; French mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Richard Burton	Marcellus Gallio
Jean Simmons	Diana
Victor Mature	Demetrius
Michael Rennie	Peter
Jay Robinson	Caligula,Lucia
Dean Jagger	Justus
Torin Thatcher	Sen. Gallio
Richard Boone	Pilate
Betta St. John	Miriam
Jeff Morrow	Paulus
Ernest Thesiger	Emperor Tiberius,Tiberius
Dawn Addams	Junia
Leon Askin	Abidor
Frank Pulaski	Quintus
David Leonard	Marcipor
Michael Ansara	Judas
Helen Beverly	Rebecca
Nicholas Koster	Jonathan
Francis Pierlot	Dodinius
Thomas Browne Henry	Marius,Marius
Anthony Eustrel	Sarpedon
Jay Novello	Tiro
Emmett Lynn	Nathan
Sally Corner	Cornelia
Rosalind Ivan	Julia
George E. Stone	Gracchus
Marc Snow	Auctioneer
Mae Marsh	Woman
George Keymas	Slave
John Doucette	Ship's Mate
Ford Rainey	Ship's Captain
Sam Gilman	Ship's Captain
Harry Shearer	David
Virginia Lee	Specialty Dancer
Leo Curley	Shalum
Jean Corbett	Slave Girl,Slave Girl
Gloria Saunders	Slave Girl
Percy Helton	Caleb
Roy Gordon	Chamberlain
Ben Astar	Cleander
Albert Cavens	Sword-Fighting Soldier,Sword-Fighting Soldier
Noreen Corcoran	Girl
Walter Bacon	Citizen
Frank DeKova	Slave Dealer
Anne Bancroft	Actor
Anthony Jochim	Actor
George Melford	Actor
Ed Mundy	Actor
Alex Pope	Actor
George Robotham	Actor
Hayden Rorke	Actor
Dan Ferniel	Actor
Van Des Autels	Actor
Cameron Mitchell	Christ
Bella St. John	Actor
Alfred Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Philip Dunne

Albert Maltz

Gina Kaus

Philip Dunne	Screenwriter
Albert Maltz	Screenwriter
Ray Kellogg	Special Effects
Frank Ross	Producer
Bernard Freericks	Sound Effects
Clyde Carruth	Sound Effects
Walter Rossi	Sound Effects
Gina Kaus	Screenwriter
Bernard Freericks	Sound/Sound Designer
Roger Heman	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 -- The Robe
1. Opening Credits
2. Slave Auction
3. Caligula
4. To Palestine
5. Talk of a Messiah
6. Pontius Pilate
7. The Crucifixion
8. The Curse
9. An Imperial Commission
10. Followers of Jesus
11. Miriam
12. A Path Good Men Must Take
13. The Big Fisherman
14. Enlisted In His Service
15. At The Catacombs
16. Rescue
17. Demetrius Healed
18. Captured
19. Before Caligula
20. A Better Kingdom

Menu

Side #1 -- The Robe
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Special Features
Theatrical Trailer
Anna And The King
The Bible
Cleopatra
Dimitrius And The Gladiators
Language Selection
English 4.0
English Stereo
English Mono
English Subtitles
Spanish Subtitles
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Editorial Reviews

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 performances may seem dated today -- particularly Richard Burton's Oscar-nominated turn as the centurion -- but they don't detract from the film's intriguing premise. Best-known for helming 1950's Harvey, the dependable Henry Koster keeps the material in check. The success of The Robe, as well as Quo Vadis? (1951) and Samson and Delilah (1949) before it, helped usher in more than a decade's worth of lavish Biblical epics, including The Ten Commandments (1956) and the multi-Oscar-winning Ben-Hur (1959).