Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

The Silver Chalice

:

Overview
The Silver Chalice
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
3 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
2hrs 30min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1954
Director:
Victor Saville
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Virginia Mayo, Anna Maria Pier Angeli, Jack Palance  ...more
Synopsis: Paul Newman made his screen debut in the gloriously nonsensical costume epic The Silver Chalice. Freely adapted from a novel by Thomas B. Costain, the film casts Newman as Basil, a first century Greek sculptor who is sold into slavery by his wicked uncle. Transported to Rome, Basil manages to enjoy a measure of freedom when his captors discover his sculpting talents; he also marries another slave, the demure Deborra (Pier Angeli) and dallies with the sensuous Helena (Virginia Mayo), the mercenary ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
Craig Butler, AMG Review
Paul Newman often bemoaned his debut screen performance in The Silver Chalice -- and with good reason. One of the screen's most talented actors, Newman is simply dreadful in a part for which he was fundamentally unsuited. While he undeniably looks great and, even at this early stage, knows how to play to the camera, the part calls for an actor at home in historical epics and comfortable with the kind ... Full Review
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
Virginia Mayo
Helena
Anna Maria Pier Angeli
Deborra
Jack Palance
Simon, The Magician
Paul Newman
Basil
Similar Movies
View All (8)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft