Fresh
Cecil B. DeMille has again dipped into the Bible for his material, made appropriately dramatic revisions in the original, and turned up with a DeMille-size smash.
Variety Staff, Variety
Samson and Delilah
HISTORY'S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND TREACHEROUS WOMAN!
1949 · 2h 14m · Approved
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
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Samson and Delilah
Overview
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
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56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Wonderfully chintzy and hokey Bible epic once described as the only film in which the hero had bigger tits than the heroine.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
If you'll settle for gold-plated pageants, for muscular episodes and for graphic inducements to wolf-whistling, then "Samson and Delilah" is for you.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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