

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Acting
Hedy Lamarr's smolder could melt the Temple of Dagon.
Production
DeMille built a full-scale temple just to destroy it.
Costume
Peplums so extra they deserve their own credit.

Director
Cecil B. DeMille
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Victor Mature famously refused to wrestle a tame lion, so DeMille used a stuntman in a fur suit for close-ups. The lion was reportedly more cooperative than Mature.
Hedy Lamarr was a secret inventor who developed frequency-hopping technology during WWII—the foundation of modern Wi-Fi and Bluetooth—while playing cinema's most infamous femme fatale.
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