cecil b. demille be one of the pioneer of the american film industry and and you have to give him credit for that . he be also one of the first to pack his film with gratuitous sex and violence and and you have to give him credit for that . he get away with it by insert preachy moral message that prove the evil of everything he have just shove in your face and and you have to give him credit for that . his film be enjoyable in a goofy sort of way and but that doesn not apply to this one . there one thing that demille could never be accuse of and and that cut corner . his movie be expensive and and they look it . they be usually also pack with well know star such a gary cooper and charlton heston . the one thing that few of his movie have and though and be a coherent script and and this movie be a prime example . star and production value and spectacle . whatever advantage this film have be sink by the absolutely idiotic dialogue the actor be force to spew out . you have to wonder what the actor be think a they be recite this drivel . you also have to wonder what the writer be think a they be whip this junk up while do not they realize that people do not even _remotely_ talk or act like they do in this movie . everything in this film be overblown and overheat and overdone . the only other one of demille film i can think of offhand that go even far over the edge be northwest mount police and which be so jaw droppingly awful it should be classify a a comedy . as long a you realize what youre get into and the movie be fun in a goofball and campy sort of way . if youre look for anything else and forget it .