

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.
Costume
Turner's absurdly revealing pagan priestess outfits.
Production
Lavish MGM sets that cost more than the script deserved.

Director
Richard Thorpe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
MGM spent $2.9 million on this box office flop, making it one of 1955's most expensive failures.
Released during Hollywood's biblical epic boom, it tried to out-spectacle DeMille but forgot coherent storytelling.
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