Barabbas Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

From Chris: I had been meaning to see Barabbas for many years, one of the few Biblical epics I've never seen. Surpassed my expectations.

Anthony  Quinn stars as the pardoned prisoner before the crowd in place of  Jesus, Jack Palance has a role as a Roman gladiator and Ernest Borgnine  makes a cameo. Great direction and some interesting acting make for a  fairly compelling movie. There's a really powerful scene between Lazarus  and Barabbas you rarely get from this kind of filmmaking.

Licensed  from Sony, we now know why they didn't bother releasing Barabbas  themselves. The Technicolor film looks sourced from an early 2000s  master, maybe the same one used for DVD. Unrestored and incredibly soft,  it's marginally better than DVD picture quality but not by much in many  scenes.