King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
King David
Bathsheba
Uriah
Nathan
Abishai
Michal
Ira
Joab
King Saul (uncredited)
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...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,170,000.00
Revenue -