Salome

IMDb link: 0013571
IMDb rating: 6.6 (1,369 votes)
Genres: Horror, Drama, Biography, History
Director: Alla Nazimova, Charles Bryant
Cast: Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Rose Dione and others

Release date: 15 Feb 1923
Release year: 1923
Runtime: 72 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: national film registry, possessive female, beheading, spear, execution, roman judea, stepfather, 1st century, john the baptist, palace

Plot:

Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.

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