Overview
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Cast
- Virginia Mayo as Helena
- Pier Angeli as Deborra
- Jack Palance as Simon The Magician
- Paul Newman as Basil
- Walter Hampden as Joseph of Arimathea
- Joseph Wiseman as Mijamin
- Alexander Scourby as Luke
- Lorne Greene as Peter
- David J. Stewart as Adam
- Herbert Rudley as Linus