The Silver Chalice

(1954)

135 minutes

Historical Drama / Epic / Romance

Directed by Victor Saville

Cast:

Paul Newman as artist Basil né Ambrose
Virginia Mayo as Helena
Pier Angeli as Deborra
Jack Palance as Simon Magus
Joseph Wiseman as Mijamin
Alexander Scourby as Saint Luke
Walter Hampden as Joseph of Arimathea
Lorne Greene as Peter
Natalie Wood as Helena as a Child
David J. Stewart as Adam 
Herbert Rudley as Linus 
Jacques Aubuchon as Nero 
E.G. Marshall as Ignatius 
Michael Pate as Aaron Ben Joseph 
Peter Reynolds as Basil as a Young Boy  

A Greek artisan is sent to Jerusalem to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. An impostor begins to inform the crowds he is the new Messiah by showing off his amateur tricks.