Salome

Year:

1953

Duration:

103 min

Genres:

Drama | History

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

William Dieterle

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1953-03-24

Filming Locations: Israel

Cast

Actor

Character

George Keymas

Rita Hayworth

Princess Salome

Stewart Granger

Commander Claudius

Charles Laughton

King Herod

Judith Anderson

Queen Herodias

Cedric Hardwicke

Tiberius Caesar

Alan Badel

John the Baptist

Basil Sydney

Pontius Pilate

Maurice Schwartz

Ezra the King's Advisor

Arnold Moss

Micha the Queen's Advisor

Asoka Rubener

Asian Dancer (as Asoka)

Sujata Rubener

Asian Dancer (as Sujata)

David Ahdar

Convert (uncredited)

Ray Beltram

Herod's Council Member (uncredited)

Bobker Ben Ali

Politician (uncredited)

Frederic Berest

Sailor (uncredited)

Barry Brooks

Roman Guard (uncredited)

Bruce Cameron

Guard (uncredited)

Eduardo Cansino

Roman Guard (uncredited)

Tristram Coffin

Guard (uncredited)

Bud Cokes

Galilean Soldier (uncredited)

John Crawford

Guard (uncredited)

Carmen D'Antonio

Salome's Servant (uncredited)

Henry Dar Boggia

Politician (uncredited)

Karl 'Killer' Davis

Slave Master (uncredited)

Don De Leo

Politician (uncredited)

Leslie Denison

Court Attendant (uncredited)

Italia DeNubila

Convert (uncredited)

Henry A. Escalante

Acrobat (uncredited)

Eddie Fields

Politician (uncredited)

Robert Garabedian

Politician (uncredited)

Chief Leonard George

Assassin (uncredited)

Michael Granger

Captain Quintus (uncredited)

Tom Hernández

Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Hoffman

Sailmaster (uncredited)

Eva Hyde

Herodias' Servant (uncredited)

Duke Johnson

Juggler (uncredited)

George Khoury

Assassin (uncredited)

Guy Kingsford

Officer (uncredited)

David Leonard

Old Scholar (uncredited)

Freddie Letuli

Sword Dancer (uncredited)

Jack Low

Townsman (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Old Farmer (uncredited)

Gilberto Marques

Acrobat (uncredited)

Saul Martell

Dissenting Scholar (uncredited)

Merrill McCormick

Herod's Council Member (uncredited)

Tina Menard

Convert (uncredited)

John Merton

Baptism Attendee (uncredited)

Ralph Moody

Old Scholar (uncredited)

Anton Northpole

Advisor (uncredited)

Lou Nova

John's Executioner (uncredited)

John Parrish

Politician (uncredited)

Abel Pina

Acrobat (uncredited)

Jerry Pina

Acrobat (uncredited)

Tony Pina

Acrobat (uncredited)

Rex Reason

Marcellus Fabius (uncredited)

Ramiro Rivas

Acrobat (uncredited)

Richard Rivas

Acrobat (uncredited)

Ruben T. Rivas

Acrobat (uncredited)

Franz Roehn

Herod's Council Member (uncredited)

Bob Rose

Townsman (uncredited)

Maurice Samuels

Old Scholar (uncredited)

Joe Sawaya

Herod's Council Member (uncredited)

Sam Scar

Politician (uncredited)

Joe Schilling

Advisor (uncredited)

Mickey Simpson

Herod's Guard Captain (uncredited)

Charles Soldani

Convert (uncredited)

Dimas Sotello

Convert (uncredited)

William Spaeth

Fire Eater (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Caesar's Scrivener (uncredited)

Carlo Tricoli

Herod's Council Member (uncredited)

Rick Vallin

Sailor (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

Simon (uncredited)

Trevor Ward

Blind Man Given Sight (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Courier (uncredited)

Stanley Waxman

Patrician (uncredited)

Billy Wilkerson

Convert (uncredited)

David Wold

Herod's Council Member (uncredited)

John Wood

Sword Dancer (uncredited)

Carleton Young

Officer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

This was the last film produced by Rita Hayworth's production company, the Beckworth Company. Hayworth later called her "Dance of the Seven Veils" in this film, "the most demanding [dance] of my entire career," and said it required "endless takes and retakes."

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In 1951, director Cecil B. DeMille contacted Columbia Pictures studio head Harry Cohn about borrowing Rita Hayworth to star in a production of "Salome." Cohn essentially stole DeMille's idea, and made his own film. He told screenwriter Jesse Lasky Jr., "You have one weekend to come up with a story for this movie, or you're fired!" Over a weekend, Lasky wrote out a 50-page treatment that became the basis for the film. However, since Hayworth was a popular box office star, the original New Testament ending of the film was re-written to make Salome more sympathetic, and less of a femme fatale.

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The feature film debut of noted British stage actor 'Alan Badel' (QV). He had previously appeared only in a British short film, The Stranger Left No Card (1952).

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Goofs

In one scene, outside the walls of Jerusalem, with the "skyline" of the old city beyond the walls, you can see the golden Dome of the Rock, which wasn't built until more than 600 years after this story takes place.

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In Palestine, Claudius saves Salome from a gila monster, a venomous lizard found only in southwestern North America.

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Quotes

Commander Claudius: Why waste a slave?

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Queen Herodias: The desperate can only survive by taking desperate measures.

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