Salome

1953 103 min ★ 5.9 Drama, Romance

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...

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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

Details

Director

William Dieterle

Tagline

"The Glory And Excitement Of Rome... In All Its Greatness and Badness!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Columbia Pictures, The Beckworth Corporation

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 28, 2022

★ 6/10

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...