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At least there’s some entertainment value in Salome, sure, it’s as unintended homoeroticism and high-camp values, but there’s something there to keep things interesting. Salome purports to tell the Biblical story of John the Baptist, Salome, her dance of the seven veils, and the Baptist’s beheading. The problem is Harry Cohn, head of Columbia at the time, didn’t want his meal-ticket to p... read more

Princess Salome (Rita Hayworth) is the daughter of King Herod (Charles Laughton) of Galilee. Cast out after her affair with Caesar's nephew, Salome finds herself back in the kingdom of her father when she falls in love with Claudius (Stewart Granger), the commander of her father's army. Meanwhile, Salome's evil mother, Queen Herodias, is continually being condemned by John the Baptist, and plotting to use Salome as a tool to get the prophet executed.