Hollywood icon Gregory Peck stars as the titular King David -- chosen by the Almighty to lead the Israelites -- in director Henry King's visually lush retelling of the biblical tale of forbidden passion. When David's love for beautiful Bathsheba (Susan Hayward) -- the wife of his devoted soldier Uriah (Kieron Moore) -- threatens to bring ruin to his kingdom, he must fight his carnal desires or face the wrath of God.