La espada y la cruz

Except for Yvonne DeCarlo this Italian made story of Jesus's last days will have no one in the cast you might remember. DeCarlo looks sultry and beautiful but this is a deadly dull interpretation of the most universally told story ever.

DeCarlo is Mary Magdalene and this interpretation is borrowed from DeMille's King Of Kings which had her as one rich courtesan in old Jerusalem. Supporting said lifestyle is the nephew of Caiaphas who has got a working relationship with Barabbas a Hebrew freedom fighter and rebel. Other than that the story follows along biblical lines except that Lazarus is Mary Magdalene's brother. His awakening really makes a believer out of her.

Other than when DeCarlo does her little dance and shakes some booty which also in the DeMille tradition of a bit of sex in the most reverent of stories, The Sword And The Cross is one deadly dull affair.

No one will confuse this with the King Of Kings, silent or sound.