Samson and Delilah
1949 · Movie · 128 min. · United States
In Palestine, 1000 B.C., the Jews are ruled by the Philistines Samson, budding Jewish revolutionary, wants to marry Semadar, a Philistine, though it's her young sister, Delilah, who really wants Samson. The wedding becomes a fight in which Semadar is killed; Samson, scorning Delilah, becomes a guerilla whose strength defeats armies. But Delilah, now the Saran's mistress, believes she can discover Samson's weakness.
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Victor Mature · Hedy Lamarr · George Sanders · Angela Lansbury · Henry Wilcoxon · Olive Deering · Russ Tamblyn · Fay Holden · Mike Mazurki
Soundtrack Victor Young
Screenplay Jesse Lasky Jr. · Fredric M. Frank · Vladimir Jabotinsky
Cinematography George Barnes
Original title Samson and Delilah
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3K votes (FilmAffinity)
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