Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Fim na biyu kuma na karshe na Burton na shekarar ya kasance a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na tarihi na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, "The Robe", wanda ya zama sananne don kasancewa fim na farko da aka yi a CinemaScope. Ya maye gurbin Tyrone Power, wanda aka fara jefa shi a matsayin Marcellus Gallio, mai daraja amma mai lalataccen soja na Roman wanda ke jagorantar rukunin sojojin Roman da ke da hannu wajen gicciye Yesu Kristi. Da yake mafarkin giciyen da aka gicciye shi, a ƙarshe ya jagoranci kansa zuwa ga tuba. Bawan Marcellus na Girka Demetrius (wanda Victor Mature ya buga) ya jagorance shi a matsayin malami na ruhaniya, kuma matarsa Diana (wanda Jean Simmons ya buga) ya bi jagorancinsa. Fim din ya kafa salon wasan kwaikwayo na Littafi Mai-Tsarki kamar "Ben-Hur" (1959). Bisa ga littafin tarihi na Lloyd C. Douglas na 1942 na wannan sunan, "The Robe" ya samu karbuwa a lokacin da aka sake shi, amma bita na zamani ba su da kyau. Mujallar "Variety" ta kira wasan kwaikwayon na manyan 'yan wasan "tasiri" kuma sun dace da jerin gwagwarmaya tsakanin Burton da Jeff Morrow. Crowther ya yi imanin cewa Burton ya kasance "mai ƙarfi, mai ƙarfi da ƙarfi" kamar Marcellus. Jonathan Rosenbaum na "Chicago Reader" da ake kira "The Robe" "mai ibada da kuma m". Fim din ya kasance cinikin kasuwanci, ya sami dala miliyan 17 akan kasafin kudi na dala miliyan 5, kuma Burton ya sami lambar yabo ta biyu a matsayin Mafi Kyawun Jarumi a
Kyautar Academy ta 26.