Directed by Cecil B. DeMille 1949, 2h, 11 min.

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Starring Victor Mature as Biblical strongman Samson and Hedy Lamarr as the Bible’s most infamous vixen Delilah, Samson and Delilah revived the old-time religion of spectacle, stars and sex perfected by DeMille in the 1920s. Featuring a stuffed lion and surprisingly bouncy collapsing temple stones, this 1949 film offers a compellingly over the top take on the story of Samson from the Bible's book of Judges.