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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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Mar 24, 1953
Theaters
1
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Columbia Pictures, The Beckworth Corporation
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Cast
Full credits →R
Rita Hayworth
Princess Salome
C
Charles Laughton
King Herod
S
Stewart Granger
Commander Claudius
J
Judith Anderson
Queen Herodias
A
Alan Badel
John the Baptist
C
Cedric Hardwicke
Tiberius Caesar
B
Basil Sydney
Pontius Pilate
M
Maurice Schwartz
Ezra the King's Advisor
A
Arnold Moss
Micha
K
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Slave Master
R
Rex Reason
Marcellus Fabius
