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Salome (1953)

Salome (1953)

Drama Romance

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

Release Date: 1953, March 24
Directors: William Dieterle
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures, The Beckworth Corporation, The Beckworth Corporation, The Beckworth Corporation
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, Charles Laughton, Rita Hayworth, Alan Badel, Basil Sydney, Karl 'Killer' Davis, Stewart Granger, Arnold Moss, Rex Reason, Maurice Schwartz

Overview:

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...

Keywords:

roman empire