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Samson and Delilah is a 1949 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr in the title roles. It is based on the Biblical story of Samson and Delilah.It has been remade twice on TV, the first in 1984 (with Mature doing a cameo as Samson's father) and another in 1996 (which featured Dennis Hopper, Michael Gambon and Elizabeth Hurley). |
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Crapsack World |
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Crapsack World: The Land of Dan, as the Philistines oppress the Jewish people with a military dictatorship that abolishes most of their culture and makes them serve their conquerors hand and foot. |
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Related in the Adaptation |
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Related in the Adaptation: Here Delilah is the sister of Samson's first wife. |
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Adaptational Heroism |
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Adaptational Heroism: Delilah is portrayed more sympathetically here, showing regret over betraying Samson and helping him bring down Dagon's temple. |
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Death by Adaptation |
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Death by Adaptation: In the original story, Delilah's fate is not specified; in this retelling, Delilah is killed in the collapsing temple. |
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Named by the Adaptation |
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Named by the Adaptation: Samson's first wife is named Semadar. |
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Betty and Veronica |
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Betty and Veronica: Miriam, the sweet, gentle Hebrew girl vs the spoiled and selfish Delilah. |
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Big Bad |
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Big Bad: The Saran of Gaza, who has conquered the people of Israel and sends Delilah to seduce and destroy Samson, who leads the rebellion against him. |
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Never My Fault |
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Never My Fault: Delilah blames Samson for the death of her sister and father, ignoring the fact that she set off most of the trouble by being a Manipulative Bitch and trying to get Samson for herself. |
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Foreshadowing |
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Foreshadowing: Twice in the film, Delilah says "If you crushed the life out of me, I'd kiss you with my dying breath." Guess how she dies. |
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Adaptational Explanation |
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Adaptational Explanation: The film specifies that donkeys' skulls and jawbones were used by court jesters. One is present at Samson's arrest at Etam to mock his "defeat". Samson uses his donkey skull. Lots of "ass" jokes in these scenes as the Saran of Gaza realizes how this is going to make his empire look to the rest of the world. |
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Adaptational Karma |
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Adaptational Karma: While her fate after betraying Samson is never mentioned in the Bible, here Delilah is killed when Samson brings down the temple of Dagon. |
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Clingy Jealous Girl |
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Clingy Jealous Girl: Delilah, whenever Miriam shows up. |
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Young Future Famous People |
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Young Future Famous People: Saul, the future king of Israel, shows up as Samson's Kid Sidekick. Odd considering he was from the tribe of Benjamin rather than Dan. |
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