Film

Salome's Last Dance

1988 · 1h 29m · Drama

Notorious, scandalous, Wilde!

IMDb

6.4

Rotten Tomatoes

44%

London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.

Glenda Jackson

Herodias / Lady Alice

Stratford Johns

Herod / Alfred Taylor

Nickolas Grace

Oscar Wilde

Douglas Hodge

John the Baptist / 'Bosey'

Imogen Millais Scott

Salome / Rose

Denis Lill

Tigellenus / Chilvers

Russell Lee Nash

Pageboy

Ken Russell

Cappadocian

David Doyle

A. Nubin

Warren Saire

Young Syrian

Kenny Ireland

1st Soldier

Michael van Wijk

2nd Soldier

Paul Clayton

1st Nazarean

Imogen Claire

2nd Nazarean

Tim Potter

Pharisee

Matthew Taylor

Sadducean

• Ken RussellDirector · Screenplay
• Penny CorkeProducer
• William J. QuigleyExecutive Producer
• Dan IrelandExecutive Producer
• Harvey HarrisonDirector of Photography
• Timothy GeeEditor

Release date

May 6, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Revenue

$331,469

Genres

Drama

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