Isn't this used in a brief scene in "Chariots of Fire?"

As a teenager I read the novel "Refuge in Avalon" by Marguerite Steedman, 1962 that must be based on the legends that Jesus went to England. It's a fictional life of Joseph of Arimathe. In it Jesus & Joseph of Arimathea (his uncle) go to Avalon when Jesus is a teenager. After the resurrection Joseph goes to England, with the grail. A staff he has, that was carved from him by Jesus, ends up taking root at the end.

It seems to combine a number of legends others have mentioned in the thread.