Salome (1953)

Synopsis

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

Rex Reason

Marcellus Fabius

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