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10/08/1951 Drama, Romance, History 2h 3m
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Mighty as Goliath!

Overview

King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.

  1. Philip Dunne

    Writer

  2. Henry King

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gregory Peck

    King David

  2. Susan Hayward

    Bathsheba

  3. Kieron Moore

    Uriah

  4. Raymond Massey

    Nathan

  5. James Robertson Justice

    Abishai

  6. Jayne Meadows

    Michal

  7. John Sutton

    Ira

  8. Dennis Hoey

    Joab

  9. Francis X. Bushman

    King Saul (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-12
Right from the opening bars of Alfred Newman's (overpowering) score, this has Darryl F. Zanuck all over it. Rousing music, grand structures, glittering costumes and a cast that, well, must have had spare capacity on their contracts. Taken - at times verbatim - from the biblical books of Samuel, this installs Gregory Peck as the famed King David (he of Goliath fame) who is rather unhappily wed to Michal (Jayne Meadows) with two children about whom he is, at best,"relaxed". Each day from his terrace he espies the glamorous wife of the captain of his guard, and one evening gets his loyal factotum...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,170,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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