The Robe

Arresting narration from Richard Burton in his star-making role as fictional Roman tribune Gallio, tangling with a spurned (uncredited) girlfriend then meeting Christian slave Demetrius (Victor Mature), in Hollywood's first wide-screen feature, from 20th Century Fox, The Robe, 1953.

At the Isle of Capri, Diana (Jean Simmons) ward to Roman emperor Tiberius (Ernest Thesiger), lobbies for tribune Gallio (Richard Burton), to whom she is secretly devoted, and who has returned traumatized from overseeing the execution of a Jewish carpenter in Palestine, in The Robe, 1953.

Sent on a hurried mission to Palestine, having offended the emperor's heir, Roman officer Gallio (Richard Burton) with new slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) and Diana (Jean Simmons), the childhood sweetheart with whom he's just re-united, in the landmark wide-screen hit The Robe, 1953.

Joining Richard Boone as Pilate, the Roman governor of Palestine, washing his hands, with a last assignment for tribune Gallio (Richard Burton) who, with centurion Paulus (Jeff Morrow), heads for Golgotha, in Hollywood's first wide-screen feature, the 20th Century Fox hit The Robe, 1953.

A Roman military tribune wins The Robe (1953) of Jesus Christ in the first CinemaScope feature.