The Silver Chalice
1954 · 142 MIN · IMDB 4.6 · 1,848 VOTES · DIR. Victor Saville
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,482 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:41 Between Jerusalem and the Greek city of Antioch...
00:05:36 Yes.
00:09:29 ...the first thing I'll do will be to make you free.
00:13:44 That perjurer is a sniveling Little toady.
00:18:45 ...and tell them that a valuable slave has run away...
00:22:45 This is a matter for the Roman command.
00:27:19 She will feel no pain.
00:31:20 Even excel.
00:36:59 Call yourselves liberators, friends of justice, redeemers of freedom.
00:43:16 If the man who took Jesus down from the cross...
00:48:23 He was dark, very dark.
00:53:38 Give it to me. - Me, me, please.
00:57:41 Down with Simon.
01:05:02 I've completed the faces of those you've described to me and those I've met.
01:09:26 I don't want Simon's money.
01:15:29 Do you?
01:23:52 Your wife be as barren as a withered fig tree!
01:35:24 Sausage, stuffed with golden plover's eggs and the breast of pheasant.
01:41:39 I'm not hungry.
01:48:19 I modeled your head at night...
01:53:21 ...and by the power of your will that I can do this miracle.
01:58:29 ...Like those dear brothers out there.
02:06:01 Only Caesar can stop him.
02:14:23 ...it will be needed more than it is needed now.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,482
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:01:41
Final line02:14:23
Production Record
DirectorVictor Saville
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,500,000
Revenue$3,200,000
IMDb votes1,848