William DieterleDirector
Rita HayworthPrincess Salome
Charles LaughtonKing Herod
Stewart GrangerCommander Claudius
Judith AndersonQueen Herodias
Alan BadelJohn the Baptist
Cedric HardwickeTiberius Caesar
Basil SydneyPontius Pilate
Maurice SchwartzEzra the King's Advisor
Arnold MossMicha
Karl 'Killer' DavisSlave Master
Rex ReasonMarcellus Fabius
Salome
- drama
- romance
24 Mar 1953
5.8
2
1h 43min
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 him to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are–contrary to Scripture–nearing conversion to the new religion.
