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Solomon And Sheba

1959, Movie, NR, 139 mins

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For his last feature film, King Vidor unfortunately helmed this overblown and rather silly biblical epic. It also carries an unhappy legacy as being the film that killed Tyrone Power. Adapting freely from the Old Testament story of Solomon and Sheba, it opens with Solomon (Brynner) and his brother Adonijah (Sanders) preparing for an attack by the Egyptian army. After the Israelites handily defeat their enemy in an enormous battle sequence, Magda, the queen of Sheba (Lollobri... read more leave a comment
Year: 1959
Rated NR

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Cast
Yul Brynner: Solomon
Gina Lollobrigida: Magda, Queen of Sheba
George Sanders: Adonijah
David Farrar: Pharaoh
Marisa Pavan: Abishag
John Crawford: Joab

 

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