Salome

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

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...

• Release date
• March 24, 1953
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• William Dieterle

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