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Movie Info

A Greek slave trained as an artisan, Basil (Paul Newman) is on the path to a better life when his owners discover his talent for sculpting. After marrying the lovely Deborra (Pier Angeli), Basil receives an important opportunity when he is asked to cast and engrave Jesus Christ's cup from the Last Supper in silver. Meanwhile, his path crosses with that of the scheming magician Simon (Jack Palance) and his sultry assistant, Helena (Virginia Mayo), which leads to trouble.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Victor Saville
Producer:

Victor Saville
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 3, 2013
Runtime:

2h 24m
Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Cast & Crew

Virginia Mayo
Helena

Paul Newman
Basil

Jack Palance
Simon The Magician

Pier Angeli
Deborra

Alexander Scourby
Luke

Joseph Wiseman
Mijamin

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Critic Reviews for The Silver Chalice

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (7)

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.

June 17, 2008 | Full Review…

Variety Staff
Variety
Though it is lavish and sweeping in execution, The Silver Chalice, for all of its august and religious aspects, is not an imposing offering.

October 31, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

A.H. Weiler
New York Times
The pic is so bad, you can hear the dogs barking.

April 6, 2010 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
...the movie attempts to make a grand splash. Unhappily, the splash is more like a belly flop.

February 20, 2009 | Rating: 4/10 | Full Review…

John J. Puccio
Movie Metropolis
Admittedly dull, overlong and kitschy, the film was dismissed as embarrassing debut for Paul Newman, yet a closer look shows the attributes that would make him a mega-star.

September 27, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
A tedious religious epic that wasted the talents of many.

June 17, 2008 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

TV Guide
Paul Newman's most despised movie (by himself especially) is pretty bad.

June 7, 2007 | Rating: 1/5

Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Dreadful epic noteworthy mainly for being Newman's feature debut.

May 24, 2003 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for The Silver Chalice

Apr 21, 2014

Paul looks good in his toga but otherwise is absolutely dreadful in his screen bow. It shows the advantage of the studio contract system that this wasn't the end of his career. His two follow-ups studio assignments, Somebody Up There Likes Me and The Rack, did a great deal to restore his reputation and put him on the superstar track.

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