Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Giorgio Prosperi (screenplay) &
Hugo Butler (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 January 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History

Tagline:

Twin Cities of SIN

Plot:

Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites...

Plot Keywords:

Gomorrah | Sodom And Gomorrah | Sodom | Biblical | Sword And Sandal

Cast

Stewart Granger	...	Lot
Pier Angeli	...	Ildith (as Anna Maria Pierangeli)
Stanley Baker	...	Astaroth
Rossana Podestà	...	Shuah
Rik Battaglia	...	Melchior
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart	...	Ishmael (as Giacomo Rossi Stuart)
Scilla Gabel	...	Tamar
Anthony Steffen	...	The Captain (as Antonio de Teffi)
Gabriele Tinti	...	Lieutenant
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Eber
Daniele Vargas	...	Segur
Claudia Mori	...	Maleb
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Alabias (as Feodor Chaliapin)
Mitsuko Takara	...	Orphea
Massimo Pietrobon	...	Isaac

Also Known As:

Sodoma e Gomorra (Italy)
Sodome et Gomorrhe (France)
The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah (USA)

Runtime:

154 min | Argentina:155 min | Finland:141 min (1963) | Finland:117 min (1979)

Country:

USA | Italy | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:PG (1988) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:18 (nf) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Portugal:17 (censored version)

Filming Locations:

Ait Benhaddou, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Company:

Titanus

Trivia:

Twentieth Century Fox staged the world premiere of the film at Wilmington, Delaware's Rialto Theater.

Quotes:

Lot: I didn't come here to be drowned in wine and smothered in cushions.

Movie Connections:

Featured in For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)

Entertaining Bible fare...

Having always been a sap for those hokey Bible epics, it's no surprise I found 'Sodom' quite entertaining. Loosely based on the Scriptures, the last days of the doomed cities are presented by a host of mediocre actors, pretty good special effects and a fine music score by Miklos Rozsa. (This would be the last Bible flic he would score). The subject matter might be considered racy for its time with hints of homosexuality, rather graphic torture and incest. Stewart Granger is a bit out of place in this one, but there's enough going on that you don't really notice. The buildup to the city's destruction and the final cataclysm are pretty well done and all in all, not a bad flic if you don't take it too seriously.