Cast:Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Sydney, Maurice Schwartz, Arnold Moss, Alan Badel, David Ahdar, Ray Beltram, Bobker Ben Ali, Frederic Berest, Barry Brooks, Bruce Cameron, Eduardo Cansino, Tristram Coffin, Bud Cokes, John Crawford, Carmen D'Antonio, Henry Dar Boggia, Karl 'Killer' Davis, Don De Leo, Leslie Denison, Italia DeNubila, Henry A. Escalante, Eddie Fields, Robert Garabedian, Leonard George, Michael Granger
Synopsis
In the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), Gallilean prophet John the Baptist (Alan Badel) preaches against King Herod (Charles Laughton) and Queen Herodias (Dame Judith Anderson). The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome (Rita Hayworth), 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 (Stewart Granger) 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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