David and Bathsheba (1951 film)

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David and Bathsheba is a 1951 biblical epic film dramatizing the Old Testament story of King David’s adulterous relationship with Bathsheba and its spiritual and political consequences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn Biblical story of David and Bathsheba
Old Testament
cinematographyBy Leon Shamroy
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States
director Henry King
distributedInFormat theatrical release
distributor 20th Century Fox
editedBy Barbara McLean
era Golden Age of Hollywood
genre biblical epic
drama film
hasTheme conflict between personal desire and divine law
kingship and responsibility
sin and repentance
language English
leadActor Gregory Peck
leadActress Susan Hayward
mainCharacter Bathsheba
King David
medium 35 mm film
musicBy Alfred Newman
narrativeSource Second Book of Samuel
linked to: 2 Samuel
notableFor early 1950s cycle of biblical epics
portrays King Saul
Uriah the Hittite
adulterous relationship between David and Bathsheba
biblical figure Nathan the prophet
political consequences of David’s sin
spiritual consequences of David’s sin
producer Darryl F. Zanuck
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
releaseDate 1951-08-14
releaseYear 1951
runtimeMinutes 116
screenwriter Philip Dunne
settingPeriod ancient Israel
starring Dennis Hoey
Gregory Peck
James Robertson Justice
Jayne Meadows
John Sutton
Kieron Moore
Raymond Massey
Susan Hayward
title David and Bathsheba

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