Barabbas

“The man of violence in whose place Christ died”

Jerusalem, in the days when Pontius Pilate (Arthur Kennedy) governs and the crowd is offered a choice between two prisoners. Barabbas (Anthony Quinn), a thief, is the one they set free, while the man beside him is crucified in his place. Richard Fleischer follows him after the release, and the one person he lets close is Rachel (Silvana Mangano), who follows the dead man's teaching.