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Samson And Delilah

1949, Movie, NR, 131 mins

Year: 1949
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 131
Format: Color
Genre(s): Religious
Production Co(s).: Paramount
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color)
Academy Award Winner: Best Costume Design (Color) - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling
Academy Award Nominee: Best Special Effects
Academy Award Nominee: Best Color Cinematography - George Barnes
Academy Award Nominee: Best Score (Drama or Comedy) - Victor Young

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Cast
Hedy Lamarr: Delilah
Victor Mature: Samson
George Sanders: Saran of Gaza
Angela Lansbury: Semadar
Henry Wilcoxon: Ahtur
Olive Deering: Miriam
Fay Holden: Hazel
Julia Faye: Hisham
Russ Tamblyn: Saul
William Farnum: Tubal
Lane Chandler: Teresh
Moroni Olsen: Targil
Francis McDonald: Story Teller
Wee Willie Davis: Garmiskar
John Miljan: Lesh Lakish
Arthur Q. Bryan: Fat Philistine Merchant
Laura Elliott: Spectator
Victor Varconi: Lord of Ashdod
John Parrish: Lord of Gath
Frank Wilcox: Lord of Ekron
Russell Hicks: Lord of Ashkelon
Fritz Leiber: Lord Sharif
Mike Mazurki: Leader of Philistine Soldiers
Davison Clark: Merchant Prince
George Reeves: Wounded Messenger
Pedro de Cordoba: Bar Simon
Frank Reicher: Village Barber
Charles Evans: Manoah
George Zoritch: Sword Dancer
Hamil Petroff: Sword Dancer
Frank Mayo: Master Architect
Lloyd Whitlock: Chief Scribe
Crauford Kent: Court Astrologer
Harry Woods: Gammad
Steve Roberts: Bergam at Feast
Ed Hinton: Makon at Feast/Double for Victor Mature
Carl Saxe: Slave
James Craven: Prince
Nils Asther: Prince
Harry Cording: Prince
Colin Tapley: Prince
Charles Meredith: High Priest
Pierre Watkin: Priest
Fred Graham: Priest
Boyd Davis: Priest
John "Skins" Miller: Man with Burro
Lester Sharpe: Saddle Maker
Edgar Dearing: Tax Collector
Hugh Prosser: Tax Collector
John Merton: Assistant Tax Collector
Al Ferguson: Villager
Fred Kohler Jr.: Soldier
Tom Tyler: Philistine Captain of Gristmill
Ray Bennett: Overseer at Gristmill
Charles Judels: Danite Merchant
Brahm van den Berg: Temple Dancer
Eric Alden: Courtier
Bob Kortman: Vendor
Philo McCullough: Merchant
Ted Mapes: Captain Killed by Jawbone
Gertrude Messinger: Woman
Betty Boyd: Woman
Dorothy Adams: Woman
Betty Farrington: Woman
Claire DuBrey: Woman
Greta Granstedt: Woman
Byron Foulger: Man
Stanley Blystone: Man
Crane Whitley: Man
Kenneth Gibson: Man
Jeff York: Spectator
Bert Moorhouse: Spectator
Margaret Field: Spectator
John Kellogg: Spectator
Charles Dayton: Midget at Arena
Henry Wills: Saran's Charioteer
Karen Morley: Woman

Credits
Cecil B. DeMille: Director
Vladimir Jabotinsky: Writer
Harold Lamb: Writer
Jesse Lasky Jr.: Writer
Fredric M. Frank: Writer - based on the story in the Bible and the book Judge and Fool by Vladimir Jabotinsky
Vladimir Jabotinsky: Source
Cecil B. DeMille: Producer
George Barnes: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Dewey Wrigley: Cinematographer
Anne Bauchens: Editor
Victor Young: Musical Composer
Hans Dreier: Art Director
Walter Tyler: Art Director
Sam Comer: Set Decorator
Ray Moyer: Set Decorator
Gus Peters: Costumes
Edith Head: Costumes
Elois Jenssen: Costumes
Gwen Wakeling: Costumes
Dorothy Jeakins: Costumes
Gordon Jennings: Special Effects
Devereaux Jennings: Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae: Special Effects
Victor Young: Music Director
Theodore Kosloff: Choreography
Hal Lierley: Make Up
Wally Westmore: Make Up
Bill Woods: Make Up
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