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Salome
From Columbia Pictures · The Beckworth Corporation
The Glory And Excitement Of Rome... In All Its Greatness and Badness!
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In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.
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Directed by William Dieterle
Rita HayworthPrincess Salome
Charles LaughtonKing Herod
Stewart GrangerCommander Claudius
Judith AndersonQueen Herodias
Alan BadelJohn the Baptist
Cedric HardwickeTiberius Caesar
Basil SydneyPontius Pilate
Maurice SchwartzEzra the King's Advisor
Arnold MossMicha
Karl 'Killer' DavisSlave Master
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CinemaSerfMar 28, 2022
This is one of those films that just doesn't ever quite spark - despite a cast that ought to have delivered an epic. Charles Laughton and Judith Anderson gel well as the rulers of Judea under Roman occupation. When her daughter (Rita Hayworth) returns home, she starts to use her feminine wiles on her stepfather to force him to face his fears and deal with the errant John the Baptist (Alan Bedel) as well as on garrison commander Stewart Granger ("Capt. Claudius"). It's not esp… Read more
ecially faithful to the original biblical text, but that doesn't really matter- it's still a colourful historical romp that culminates in the now infamous "Dance of the Seven Veils". Granger is not really on to form here, his part is somewhat stifled by a rather dry dialogue and lots of scenes with a really wooden Basil Sydney (Pontius Pilate) and Badel just hams it up with his theatrical performance as the prophet. Still worth watching, though - just not anywhere near as good as it ought to have been.