Made during the height of Hollywood's love for spectacle, this gorgeous 1953 epic stars the luscious Rita Hayworth as Princess Salome, whose tempestuous encounter with John the Baptist (Alan Badel) threatens to topple the kingdom of cunning King Herod (Charles Laughton). After she is banished from Rome, Salome returns to Galilee, where she is tricked by her scheming mother, Queen Herodias (Judith Anderson), into instigating the prophet's death.