Raoul Walsh’s Swords & Sandals Epic Movie “Esther and The King” (1961) Starring Richard Egan as Persian King Xerxes and Joan Collins as his future Wife and Queen.
Xerxes ( Richard Egan) Presents a Lion Cub to Queen Esther (Joan Collins) in “Esther and the King”:
Googoosh and Mehrdad Sing Shenasnameh Man:
Recommended Reading:
Swords and Sandals: Films About ancient Persia by Darius KADIVAR
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