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Plot summary
In Persia in the fifth century BC, Esther, a Jewish woman, comes to the attention of King Ahasuerus, who was recently widowed and wants to marry her. The king has been trying to defeat a campaign of hatred against the Jews led by his evil minister Haman. An attractive other woman competes for the king's attention, and several intervening adventures follow.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Esther and the King (1960)
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- In February 1952, the actress Hedy Lamarr paid $25,000 for the Hursley script, planning to play Esther herself in an independent United Artists film possibly shot in Italy; she later planned it as a British TV series, but the story was never filmed.
- With Hollywood's studios shut by the 1960 Writers Guild of America strike, Fox president Spyros Skouras and producer Buddy Adler asked Raoul Walsh to make a film fast; Walsh said that was why Esther and the King was made in Italy.
