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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:2
Rotten:5
Average Rating:3.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Paul Newman made his feature-film debut as Basil, a young Greek sculptor hired to fashion an elaborate silver chalice that will hold the cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper. But the Romans and... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Virginia Mayo, Pier Angeli, Jack Palance
Director: Victor Saville
Admittedly dull, overlong and kitschy, at the time, it was dismissed as embarrassing debut for Newman yet a closer look shows all the attributes that would make him a mega-star, natural virility, alert look, gorgeous blue eyes, and abundant charisma.
...the movie attempts to make a grand splash. Unhappily, the splash is more like a belly flop.
Like the Thomas B. Costain book, the picture is overdrawn and sometimes tedious, but producer-director Victor Saville still manages to instill interest in what's going on, and even hits a feeling of excitement occasionally.
Top CriticThough it is lavish and sweeping in execution, The Silver Chalice, for all of its august and religious aspects, is not an imposing offering.
Top CriticDreadful epic noteworthy mainly for being Newman's feature debut.
A tedious religious epic that wasted the talents of many.
Paul Newman's most despised movie (by himself especially) is pretty bad.
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