Film · 1953
Salome
The Glory And Excitement Of Rome... In All Its Greatness and Badness!
Directed by William DieterleRita HayworthCharles LaughtonStewart Granger
17 Jul 1953UK release
1h 43mRunning time
5.8TMDB score of 10
DramaGenre
The story
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.
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
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