to some and this biblical film be a story of judgment and condemnation . others see it a a story of grace and restoration and and hope . it be actually both henry king illustrate the portrait of a mighty monarch almost destroy by his passion and his downward spiral of sin and and his upward climb of heal . david and bathsheba be an emotional movie full of vividly memorable character who attain mythic status while retain their humanity . henry king handle the powerful story and take from the old testament and with skill . david and the lion of judah and have storm the wall of rabgah and save the life of one of his faithful warrior uriah ( kieron moore ) and and return to jerusalem . back at his court and his first wife complains of neglect and and offend him for be a shepherd son and distinguish herself for be the daughter of king saul . one evening and and while walk on the terrace of his palace which evidently hold a commanding view of the neighborhood and david eye happen to alight upon a young lady who be take a refreshing bath . she be beautiful and attractive . david could not take his eye off her . he find out later on that she be the wife of one of his officer . send for her and he discover that she and too and be unhappy in her marriage . by this point and it apparent that david intention shift from an interest in take bathsheba a a wife and to just plain take bathsheba . a usual and sin have it consequence and and david hadn not plan on that possibility . when a drought sweep the land and there be a threat of famine and david suspect that the lord be punish him and his people for his sin . but when bathsheba tell him that she be pregnant and fear that she may be stone to death accord to the law of moses and david try to cover up his sin . he send word to joab and the commander of his army and and order him to send to him bathsheba husband . david do something that be abominable in god sight . he send the man to the front line where he would be kill . the soldier be indeed kill and with him out of the way and david marries his beloved bathsheba in full regal splendor . god punish the couple when bathsheba child dy soon after birth . meanwhile and a mighty famine have spread throughout the land and the israelite lead by nathan blame the king for their plight . they storm the palace and demand that bathsheba pay for her sin . peck play the compassionate king whose lustful desire outweigh his good sense and integrity . hayward a bathsheba and be a sensitive woman who begin to believe that every disaster occur in her life be the direct result of her adultery . the sequence of her bath which could have be a great moment in biblical film history and be badly mishandle and and the viewer eye be lead briefly to hayward face and shoulder . raymond massey appear a nathan the prophet and send by god to rebuke david after his adultery with bathsheba while gwyneth verdon be queen michal who try to resist the ambition and greed that have become integral to david personality and kingship while ex silent screen idol and francis x. bushman and have a brief part a king saul . the best moment of the film be represent the ark en route to it permanent home when god break a young soldier who try to touch the sacred object while the define moment in david life when he confess his sin and be prepare to accept his punishment of death while and for the film climax and insert it a a flashback and david remember his fight with the giant goliath . with superb color photography and a masterly music score and david and bathsheba win oscar nomination in the following category represent music scoring and art and set direction and cinematography and story and screenplay and and costume design .