Salome

Salome

103 mins | Drama, Romance | March 24, 1953

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...

Salome

103 mins | Drama, Romance | March 24, 1953

Salome
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...
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Columbia Pictures, The Beckworth Corporation
Original title Salome
Directors William Dieterle
Writers Jesse Lasky Jr., Harry Kleiner

Cast

Rita Hayworth

as Princess Salome

Charles Laughton

as King Herod

Stewart Granger

as Commander Claudius

Judith Anderson

as Queen Herodias

Alan Badel

as John the Baptist

Cedric Hardwicke

as Tiberius Caesar

Basil Sydney

as Pontius Pilate

Maurice Schwartz

as Ezra the King's Advisor

Arnold Moss

as Micha

Karl 'Killer' Davis

as Slave Master