Anthony Quinn is ‘Barabbas’ Saturday night

Religious movies aren't my favorite genre. But I've enjoyed a number of them, especially those starring Charlton Heston. Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments," for example, or William Wyler's "Ben-Hur."

One religious movie I never have seen is Richard Fleischer's 1961 offering "Barabbas," which stars Anthony Quinn and a host of international stars such as Silvana Mangano, Katy Jurado, Vittorio Gassman and Valentina Cortese, not to mention such American stars as Jack Palance, Arthur Kennedy and Ernest Borgnine. But I'm looking forward to it.

My chance to see "Barabbas" will come at 8 p.m. Saturday on KSPS, channel 7, Spokane's Public Television station, as the feature presentation of the station's "Saturday Night Cinema." And if you want to know more, you should listen to what Shaun Higgins — one of the show's revolving three hosts, including Jackie Brown and Ryan Tucker — has to say about the film.

Click here to access Shaun's intro. And then, like me, check out the movie.