This movie is two short stories in one film. The first story is the story of GIDEON and the second one is SAMSON. I'll be writing only about the second segment. Overall, I like it. My main criticism is that the look of the movie is drab, certainly compared to the Technicolor version in SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949). The fact that this version is around one hour long and it actually drags in some places shows how thin the story of mystery of Samson's strength is. Once the secret is known, the story ends with Samson bringing down the temple, which in this movie is very well made even if some scenes are obviously models. Rosalba is a great choice for Delilah and I wish the movie had been a full movie, with dazzling colours and violent action, as in ESTHER AND THE KING (1960) in which Rosalba also starring in. But the tone here is more serious and Sunday school style than entertaining style. The movie has two directors. Who directed what is unknown. Exterior scenes were shot in Spain and with interior scenes filmed at Cinecittà.
