Adventures of a slave freed by Luke the apostle to fashion a chalice to hold the cup used at the Last Supper.
Directed by
Victor Saville
Written by
Thomas B. Costain (novel); Lesser Samuels (writer).
Starring
Virginia Mayo (Helena); Pier Angeli (Deborra); Jack Palance (Simon The Magician); Paul Newman (Basil); Walter Hampden (Joseph of Arimathea); Joseph Wiseman (Mijamin); Alexander Scourby (Saint Luke); Lorne Greene (Saint Peter); David J. Stewart (Adam); Herbert Rudley (Linus); Jacques Aubuchon (Nero); E.G. Marshall (Ignatius); Michael Pate (Aaron Ben Joseph); Natalie Wood (Helena, as a child); Donald Randolph (Selech). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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