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In the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), Gallilean prophet John the Baptist (Alan Badel) preaches against King Herod (Charles Laughton) and Queen Herodias (Dame Judith Anderson). Herodias wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him after a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome (Rita Hayworth), Herods long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the Kings dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending the King to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius (Stewart Granger) are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion, and the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications.
As incendiary prophet John the Baptist preaches the coming of Jesus the Messiah in turbulent Galilee, the lascivious King Herod and his plotting wife Queen Herodias welcome back to the kingdom Herods statuesque stepdaughter, Princess Salome. Freshly banished from Rome for her passionate affair with Caesars nephew, beautiful Salome finds comfort in the arms of the Roman commander, Claudius, while the seditious Baptist becomes all the more a thorn in Herodias side. Soon, King Herod will have to decide on life and death, and the exemplary punishment of John the Baptist: a sentence so cruel and dangerous that not even the seductive "Dance of the Seven Veils" will be enough to appease the king.
Rita Hayworth
Princess Salome
Stewart Granger
Commander Claudius
Charles Laughton
King Herod
Judith Anderson
Queen Herodias
Cedric Hardwicke
Tiberius Caesar
Basil Sydney
Pontius Pilate
Maurice Schwartz
Ezra
Arnold Moss
Micha
Alan Badel
John the Baptist
David Ahdar
Convert
Ray Beltram
Herod's Council Member
Bobker Ben Ali
Politician
Frederic Berest
Sailor
Barry Brooks
Roman Guard
Bruce Cameron
Guard
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Roman Guard
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Guard
Bud Cokes
Galilean Soldier
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