The Queen of Babylon

1954

1h 38m

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4.5/10

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In this Biblical epic, a brave Chaldean rebel takes on his evil nemesis, a cruel Assyrian king. En route to his fateful meeting, the rebel hides in the humble hut of a luscious peasant girl.

Directors

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Writers

Maria Bory(story by)

Giuseppe Mangione(story by)

Sandro Continenza(story by)

Stars

Rhonda Fleming

Ricardo Montalban

Roldano Lupi

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Semiramide

Amal

Assur

Sibari

Lisia

Bolgias

Soldier

Directors

Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia

Writers

Maria Bory(story by)

Giuseppe Mangione(story by)

Sandro Continenza(story by)

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Now then, this is really pretty poor. The plot, insofar as that remotely matters, involves a young man "Amal" (Ricardo Montalban) who is badly injured after a fight and who is nursed back to health by pretty young thing "Semiramis" (Rhonda Fleming). The king's guard are none too impressed with her helping this rebel and so she is imprisoned, then paraded before the king "Assur" (Roldani Lupi) where he takes a shine to her. She becomes his concubine but when he is poisoned, she is the prime suspect and it falls to "Amal" to rescue her and restore order to the Kingdom. To be fair to director Carlo Bragaglia, there is plenty of action here but he is really let down by some sloppy production standards, bad continuity and fight scenes that are just too badly choreographed. Montalban is not anywhere near good enough to hold this up on his own, and it really does feel like a very long 100 minutes before an ending you could predict from the tea leaves. Pity, the story isn't bad, but the rest of it... Nope, sorry!

Geronimo196704 Apr, 2022