Please, when you want to make a biblical movie, kindly consult Cecil B. DeMille or William Wyler. This picture, though not very good, had the misfortune to come out the same year as "Ben-Hur" did.
All the biblical names are merely cast about haphazardly-Judean, Arab, etc.
Howard Keel shed his beautiful singing voice to take the star role in this inferior production.
Susan Kohner must have thought she was Sarah Jane, the great part she had the same year in "Imitation of Life," where she was rewarded with an Oscar nomination.
The picture is one big mess with all the characters being thrown at you at once, with the exception of the usual diabolical Herbert Lom and Martha Hyer, his second wife, and the embodiment of evil. In her carriage scene, Hyer romps around with her nose in the air, while casting an evil-type look that reminded me of Agnes Moorehead.
This is supposedly a film of belief, redemption, punishment and anything else we can think of. It's a failure on all accounts.
All the biblical names are merely cast about haphazardly-Judean, Arab, etc.
Howard Keel shed his beautiful singing voice to take the star role in this inferior production.
Susan Kohner must have thought she was Sarah Jane, the great part she had the same year in "Imitation of Life," where she was rewarded with an Oscar nomination.
The picture is one big mess with all the characters being thrown at you at once, with the exception of the usual diabolical Herbert Lom and Martha Hyer, his second wife, and the embodiment of evil. In her carriage scene, Hyer romps around with her nose in the air, while casting an evil-type look that reminded me of Agnes Moorehead.
This is supposedly a film of belief, redemption, punishment and anything else we can think of. It's a failure on all accounts.