Samson and Delilah 1996

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Samson and Delilah ★★ 1996

Another in TNT's biblical retellings, this time with Israelite shepherd Samson (Thal), who also the strongest man alive, falling for beautiful-but-treacherous Philistine Delilah (Hurley). Seems Samson is causing havoc with General Tariq's (Hopper) Philistine army and Delilah is to discover the secret of his strength. 180m/C VHS, DVD . Eric Thal, Elizabeth Hurley, Dennis Hopper, Michael Gambon, Diana Rigg, Ben Becker, Paul Freeman, Daniel Massey, Pinkas Braun, Debora Caprioglio, Alessandro Gassman, Mark McGann, Jonathan Rhys Meyers; D: Nicolas Roeg; W: Allan Scott; C: Raffaele Mertes; M: Marco Frisina. CABLE