Release Year: 1949
Release Date: Wed Sep 20 1950
Runtime: 134 minutes
Filmed In Color
Genre: Drama, Family, History
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine
Studio: Paramount
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Actors: Russell Hicks (as Lord of Ashkelon), Boyd Davis (as First Priest of Dagon), Fritz Leiber (as Lord Sharif), Mike Mazurki (as Leader of Philistine Soldiers), Davison Clark (as Merchant Prince), George Reeves (as Wounded Messenger), Pedro de Cordoba (as Bar Simon (as Pedro De Cordoba)), Frank Reicher (as Village Barber), Colin Tapley (as Prince), Dorothy Adams (as Screaming Temple Spectator), Eric Alden (as Courtier /Soldier /Guest /Spectator), Joel Allen (as Courtier), Robert J. Anderson (as Boy), Sugarfoot Anderson (as Slave Fanning Royal Couple), Carl Andre (as Spectator), Stanley Andrews , Vaughn Anthony (as Soldier), Sam Ash (as Vendor), Nils Asther (as Prince), Jerry Austin (as Jester), Kay Bell (as Soldier), Ray Bennett (as Gristmill Overseer), Wanda Jay Bieber (as Dancer), Wilda Bieber (as Dancer), Stanley Blystone , David Bond , Raymond Bond , Betty Boyd , Albert A. Cavigga (as Soldier), Wheaton Chambers (as Victim), Russ Clark (as Mill Slave), Jack Rube Clifford (as Victim), Edward Coch Jr. (as Boy), Rus Conklin (as Guest /Big Soldier), Charles J. Conrad , Harry Cording (as Prince), Delmar Costello (as Slave), James Craven (as Prince), Fairy Cunningham (as Girl), Isabel Cushin (as Girl), Fred Datig Jr. , Charles Dayton (as Midget at Arena), Edgar Dearing (as Tax Collector), Cecil B. DeMille (as Narrator), Joe Dominguez (as Priest), Lester Dorr (as Victim), Allan Douglas (as Courtier), Claire Du Brey (as Temple Spectator), Art Dupuis (as Soldier /Spieler), Rosemary Dvorak (as Lady), Sarah Edwards (as Spectator), George Eldredge (as Lord), Fernanda Eliscu (as Herdswoman), Charles Evans (as Manoah), Betty Farrington , Al Ferguson (as Villager), Margaret Field (as Temple Spectator), Budd Fine (as Priest), Dick Foote (as Soldier at Temple), Byron Foulger , Howard Gardiner (as Priest), Gene Gary (as Prince in Box), Kenneth Gibson , Fred Graham (as Priest), Greta Granstedt (as Temple Spectator), Frank Hagney (as Gristmill Guard), Michael Hall (as Prince), William Hall (as Philistine Captain), John Halloran (as Tax Collector), Chuck Hamilton (as Captain), Lew Harvey , Thomas Browne Henry (as Master of Exchequer), Weldon Heyburn (as Temple Spectator), Ed Hinton (as Makon), Wesley Hopper (as Priest), James Horne Jr. (as Prince), Charles Anthony Hughes (as Merchant), T. Arthur Hughes (as Brawny Porter), Perry Ivins (as Herdsman), Curtis Loys Jackson Jr. (as Boy), Gary Lee Jackson (as Boy), Miriam Jaye (as Woman in Box), Sheldon Jett (as Fat Man), Charles Judels (as Danite Merchant), John Kellogg (as Temple Spectator), Phyllis Kennedy (as Wide-Eyed Girl), Crauford Kent (as Court Astrologer in Council Chambers), Mike Killian (as Young Herdsman), Fred Kohler Jr. (as Soldier at Temple), Bob Kortman (as Vendor), Ethan Laidlaw (as Tax Collector), Paul Lees (as Spectator), Jackie the Lion (as Lion), Leota Lorraine (as Merchant’s Wife), Charles Lunard (as Temple Dancer), Leoncio Madero (as Pottery Worker), George Magrill (as Courtier /Soldier), Ted Mapes (as Captain Killed with Jawbone), Jerry Maren (as Jester), Frank Mayo (as Master Architect), Philo McCullough (as Merchant), Leo J. McMahon (as Charioteer), Charles Meredith (as High Priest of Dagon), John Merton (as Assistant Tax Collector), Gertrude Messinger , John ‘Skins’ Miller (as Man with Burro), Joyce Miller (as Guest), Bert Moorhouse (as Spectator at Temple), Lyle Moraine (as Soldier), Evelyn Moriarty (as Guest), Karen Morley , Frances Morris , Ottola Nesmith , Joel Nestler (as Boy), John Northpole (as Beggar), Edward Peil Sr. (as Gnarled Worker), Hamil Petroff (as Sword-Dancer), Crissy Ellen Pickup (as Girl), Marjorie Pragon (as Snake-Dancer), Hugh Prosser (as Tax Collector), Sally Rawlinson (as Guest), Allan Ray , Rodd Redwing (as Temple Spectator), Gordon Richards (as Guide), Keith Richards (as Temple Spectator), Stephen Roberts (as Bergam), Angelo Rossitto (as Midget at Arena), Carl Saxe (as Slave), Paul Scardon (as Beggar), Ynez Seabury , Lester Sharpe (as Saddlemaker), Douglas Spencer (as Courtier), Robert St. Angelo (as Soldier), Larry Steers (as Priest), Erica Strong (as Rich Girl in Rear of Box), Tanner (as Lion), Ray Teal (as Tax Collector), Harry Templeton (as Priest /Soldier), Larry Thompson (as Victim), Mort Thompson (as Spectator), Tom Tyler (as Gristmill Captain), Brahm van den Berg (as Temple Dancer), Tyra Vaughn (as Temple Spectator), Bess Wade , Charles Wagenheim (as Townsman), Pierre Watkin (as 2nd Priest of Dagon), Crane Whitley , Lloyd Whitlock (as Chief Scribe in Council Chambers), Henry Wills (as Saran’s Charioteer), Ward Wood , Harry Woods (as Gammad), Jeff York (as Temple Spectator), Paul Zendar (as Soldier /Spectator), Grace Ziebarth (as Chief Dancer), George Zoritch (as Sword-Dancer)
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Plot: Though his people, the Israelites, are enslaved by the Philistines, Samson (Victor Mature), strongest man of the tribe of Dan, falls in love with the Philistine Semadar (Dame Angela Lansbury), whom he wins by virtue of a contest of strength. But Semadar betrays him, and Samson engages in a fight with her real love, Ahtur (Henry Wilcoxon), and his soldiers. Semadar is killed, and her sister Delilah (Hedy Lamarr), who had loved Samson in silence, now vows vengeance against him. She plans to seduce Samson into revealing the secret of his strength and then to betray him to the Philistine leader, The Saran of Gaza (George Sanders).
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