After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
- Ahab
- (as Jose Nieto)
- Hezrai
- (as Lawrence Naismith)
- Zadok
- (as Julio Pena)
- Mother of Disputed Child
- (uncredited)
- Egyptian General
- (uncredited)
- Solomon
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaStar and co-producer Tyrone Power had shot more than half of the film when he collapsed from a massive heart attack during a dueling scene with George Sanders on 15 November 1958, and died a short time later. Yul Brynner replaced Power as Solomon, and re-shot all of Power's scenes. Power is still visible in some long shots.
- GoofsThe Ark of the Covenant is shown without the poles to carry it. "The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it".-Exodus 25:15
- Quotes
Abishag: How interesting your encampment is. Are your people always so carefree and gay?
Sheba: We enjoy life and pleasure. Don't you?
Abishag: Yes, we do. But we are an austere people. We tend to be more serious.
Sheba: And your king, is he also serious?
Abishag: King Solomon has a great responsibility. He must maintain the unity of our twelve tribes.
Sheba: It is very important, this unity?
Abishag: Oh, yes. Without it, there would be no Israel.
- ConnectionsFeatured in It's Showtime (1976)
An overblown all-star treatment of the stories in the Old Testament dealing with David , Salomon , Sheba and Adonijah . Lavish spectacle about Solomon and his lover Sheba based on hokey historical events. Brynner and Lollobrigida play a sultriest couple , including some sexy scenes very erotic for the 50s . Tyrone Power died during the shooting in Spain and some shots still show him , he was replaced by Brynner who remade his early scenes .There's so much visual padding full of armours , weapons, carriages , feathers and crowd scenes . Director Vidor gives this film the feel of a Cecil B. De Mille spectacle , but there is little human touch to any of the deeds. Very good photography in super Technirama 70 by the classic cameraman Freddie Young filmed in Madrid, Valdespartera, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain . Evocative and impressive musical score by Mario Nascimbene . King Vidor's last movie that is recently restored to 139 minutes . Vidor realized an excellent career plenty of classics as ¨Bird of paradise , Champ , Our daily bread , The citadel , Duel in the sun ; also directed another super-production as ¨War and Peace¨ . Rating : 6 , passable and acceptable.
- ma-cortes
- Jun 4, 2011
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $16,094
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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