Salome
"The Glory And Excitement Of Rome... In All Its Greatness and Badness!"
DramaRomance
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 the king to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion. And the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications...
🎬 DirectorWilliam Dieterle
📅 Release1953-03-24
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageItalian, English
🏢 StudioColumbia Pictures, The Beckworth Corporation
🗳 Votes43
🔥 Popularity1
🎭 Cast
Rita Hayworth
Princess Salome
Charles Laughton
King Herod
Stewart Granger
Commander Claudius
Judith Anderson
Queen Herodias
Alan Badel
John the Baptist
Cedric Hardwicke
Tiberius Caesar
Basil Sydney
Pontius Pilate
Maurice Schwartz
Ezra the King's Advisor
Arnold Moss
Micha
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Slave Master
Rex Reason
Marcellus Fabius
🎥 Crew
StoryJesse Lasky Jr.
DirectorWilliam Dieterle
WriterHarry Kleiner
StoryHarry Kleiner
Makeup ArtistClay Campbell
Makeup ArtistRobert J. Schiffer
Sound EngineerLodge Cunningham
Original Music ComposerGeorge Duning
ProducerRita Hayworth
Director of PhotographyCharles Lang
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🏷 Keywords
roman empire
💬 Reviews
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) a…
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