When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. The classic story of Samson and Delilah as told by Cecil B. DeMille.
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,
26 Mar 2009
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,
24 Jun 2006
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.