Samson and Delilah (1949 film) Quotes

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Samson and Delilah completed its run in 1970.

It features Cecil B. DeMille as producer, Victor Young in charge of musical score, and George Barnes (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Samson and Delilah (1949 film) is 128 minutes long. Samson and Delilah (1949 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Julia Faye as Haisham, Lane Chandler as Teresh, Angela Lansbury as Semadar, Victor Mature as Samson, Hedy Lamarr as Delilah, William Farnum as Tubal, Olive Deering as Miriam, Fay Holden as Hazelelponit, Moroni Olsen as Targil, Harry Woods as Gammad, Russ Tamblyn as Saul, and Charles Evans as Manoah.

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) Quotes

Hedy Lamarr as Delilah

• (Hedy Lamarr) "They're devils."
• (Saran of Gaza) "No, they're very human. The weak always ban together to pull down the strong."
• (Lord of Gath) "Your lion has become a mouse."
• (Saran of Gaza) "Changed by the magic of love."

• (Hedy Lamarr) "He has not dared to look at me."
• (Saran of Gaza) "He cannot see you."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "I'll make him see me."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "He's blind. He can never see me again."
• (Saran of Gaza) "Does that disturb you?"
• (Hedy Lamarr) "I had your promise."
• (Saran of Gaza) "No blade has touched his skin. No drop of his blood was shed."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "You -- you played with words to rob him of his eyes."
• (Saran of Gaza) "It was you who betrayed him, not I."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "He was captive, in chains, yet the Lord of the Five Cities could not show him mercy?"
• (Saran of Gaza) "Did you show him mercy, Delilah? You wanted vengeance. You have it."

• (Saran of Gaza) "Every cup of water, every morsel of food, must be guided into his hands. The mighty Samson, betrayed by a woman."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "No."
• (Saran of Gaza) "Blinded, ridiculed, pitied."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "No, I did not blind him."
• (Saran of Gaza) "Are you going to be as big a fool as you've made of him? He'd kill you. You cannot undo what has been done."

• (Hedy Lamarr) "The wine of parting is bitter, Samson."
• (Victor Mature) "Not as bitter as blood."

• (Hedy Lamarr) "You love him. Women cannot deceive each other. It is in your face when you look at him. You want him for yourself."
• (Olive Deering) "Yes, I love him. In his face, I see all that is strong and good. His name is like a cry of hope for us. I've dreamed that someday Samson would take me for his wife. But he's never looked upon me as a woman."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "His face -- his name -- shadows on the wall. You think that is love? You worship him with prayers and downcast eyes. I love him as a man of flesh and blood."
• (Olive Deering) "He is not leaving you for me. There is a higher voice that speaks through him, and he will always answer its call. Even your treacherous beauty cannot turn him from it."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "I cannot fight against his god. But no woman will take him from me."

• (Prince Ahtur) "This Samson has some unknown power, some secret that gives him superhuman strength. No man can stand against him."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Perhaps he'll fall before a woman. Even Samson's strength must have a weakness. There isn't a man in the world who would not share his secrets with some woman."

• (Hedy Lamarr) "No man leaves Delilah."

• (Hedy Lamarr) "I hate him."
• (William Farnum) "Because he's a Danite?"
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Because he's a fool."
• (William Farnum) "Most men are, Delilah. There's nothing you can do about it."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Sometimes a bee can move an ox."

• (Hedy Lamarr) "I can. I can. Round and round, day after day, month after month. He never stops. I'm being crushed like the grain beneath the stone. This night must end sometime. O God of Samson, help me. He said you are everywhere. That you are almighty. Hear me. Give back the light to his eyes. Take my sight for his. O god of Samson -- Help me."

Lane Chandler as Teresh

• (Lane Chandler) "Out of the strong came forth sweetness? Hah. The fruit of the date palm. The tree is strong, and the fruit is sweet."
• (Angela Lansbury) "Teresh, what on earth you feed date palms to make them eaters?"

Victor Mature as Samson

• (Victor Mature) "A man shouldn't have to reach at his own wedding feast."
• (Angela Lansbury) "The most desirable grapes are always out of reach."
• (Victor Mature) "Not if you reach high enough."
• (Prince Ahtur) "Or wait long enough."
• (Angela Lansbury) "You waited too long, Ahtur."
• (Victor Mature) "For what?"
• (Prince Ahtur) "Entertainment."

• (Victor Mature) "The oldest trick in the world. Silk trap, baited with a woman."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "You know a better bait, Samson? Men always respond."

• (Victor Mature) "I prayed for an angel of the Lord and the Devil sent me you."

• (Victor Mature) "You came to this house as wedding guests. Fire and death are your gifts to my bride. For all that I do against you now, I shall be blameless. I'll give you back fire for fire, and death for death."

• (Victor Mature) "A man must marry where his heart leads him, little mother."
• (Fay Holden) "A man's heart can be blind, son."

• (Victor Mature) "Miriam, you're further above me than the moon."
• (Olive Deering) "But not as hard to reach. Only stretch out your hand."
• (Victor Mature) "I don't want to hurt you, Miriam. You're like a sparrow, so gentle and --"
• (Olive Deering) "That's a very gentle way of telling me that you're in love with someone else?"
• (Victor Mature) "You always see through people as if they were cobwebs."
• (Olive Deering) "I hear you saw a woman in Timnath."
• (Victor Mature) "Yes -- and I can't forget her."
• (Olive Deering) "You did the same with me. I can't forget you."
• (Victor Mature) "Miriam."
• (Olive Deering) "I'll always be here."

• (Victor Mature) "What is sweeter than honey?"
• (Angela Lansbury) "What is stronger than a lion?"

• (Victor Mature) "Your arms were quicksand. Your kiss was death. The name Delilah will be an everlasting curse on the lips of men."

Russ Tamblyn as Saul

• (Russ Tamblyn) "He was so strong. Why did he have to die?"
• (Olive Deering) "His strength will never die, Saul. Men will tell his story for a thousand years."

Angela Lansbury as Semadar

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Julia Faye as Haisham

• (Julia Faye) "Turn away, little mistress. Don't look anymore. All you have in the world is ashes and death."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Samson lives."
• (Julia Faye) "May his flesh rot from his bones."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Be still, old fool. If it takes all my life, I'll make him curse the day he was born."
• (Julia Faye) "He called you a fork-tongued adder."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "He's going to feel its sting."
• (Julia Faye) "What strength can these hands have against him?"
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Perhaps greater than a lion's and softer than a dove's. I'll find strength, Hisham. Strength to destroy him."

• (Julia Faye) "The trouble you brew today, you'll drink tomorrow."

Fay Holden as Hazelelponit

• (Fay Holden) "What did I tell you? He wants to marry a Philistine."
• (Charles Evans) "Samson, you would not bring this shame upon us."
• (Victor Mature) "There's no shame in marriage, father."
• (Charles Evans) "To a Philistine woman?"
• (Victor Mature) "Father, Semadar pleases me. Go to Tubal of Timnath and say I will take his daughter to wife."
• (Charles Evans) "The law forbids it."
• (Victor Mature) "A Philistine law?"

William Farnum as Tubal

• (William Farnum) "Your rich gifts rob me of words, Ahtur."
• (Prince Ahtur) "They'll rob you of a daughter, Tubal, and enrich me with a wife."

• (William Farnum) "Look. Here. Samson. My other daughter. Take her. She'll make you a much better wife. She's fairer than Semadar, and much, much more beautiful."
• (Victor Mature) "You give me a turnip for a --"
• (William Farnum) "Wait, wait Samson. This one is a queen among women. Samson, look. Look. Have you ever seen eyes like that? So full of love for you? See the whiteness of her skin, smooth as a young dove's. Oh she'll grow into a rare blossom."
• (Victor Mature) "She'll grow into a thornbush."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Did a thornbush steal the chariot that took you to the lion? Did a thornbush tell the Saran how you killed it with your bare hands? No, I did, and he believed me, then you chose Semadar."
• (Victor Mature) "Take your claws out of me."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "You'll never get them out of you. I made Ahtur steal the riddle's secret from Semadar. I lied to stop you from marrying her. I'll kill to keep you. You're the only thing in the world I want."
• (Victor Mature) "Hold this fork-tongued adder before I put a heel on her."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "If you crush the life out of me I'd kiss you with my dying breath."
• (Victor Mature) "And you want me to marry this wild cat?"

Moroni Olsen as Targil

• (Moroni Olsen) "That scurvy riddle has no answer."
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Every riddle has an answer, only you are all to stupid to find it."
• (Harry Woods) "Find it? Where?"
• (Hedy Lamarr) "Not in your wine cup, Gammad."

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