King of Kings (1961)

Frank Thring: Herod Antipas

Photos 

Quotes 

• Herodias : I heard that name John the Baptist. I hear he speaks evil things of me wherever he goes.

  Salome : His heart should be ripped from his body!

  Herod Antipas : [amused by Salome's reply]  Your daughter, Herodias, grows more like her mother day by day.

  [Herodias grins approvingly] 

  Salome : Do I not please you?

  Herod Antipas : My stepdaughter pleases me very much, Salome.

• Salome : [to John the Baptist]  Yes, we do live in a very wicked world.

  [sarcastically] 

  Salome : You frighten me, you angry man!

  Herod Antipas : Salome, come back!

  Salome : This beast amuses me. Make him dance! On a bed of hot coals.

  Herodias : Far better to cut his vicious tongue from its roots.

• Herod Antipas : [observing John the Baptist from a distance]  One more Messiah on the way. Do these Jews never tire of inventing deliverers?

• Herod Antipas : Dance for me Salome! Salome, drink a little wine. Taste this, so that I may drain the cup.

  Salome : I'm not thirsty.

• Herod Antipas : Salome, dance for me. I command you to dance!

  Salome : I will not dance.

  Herod Antipas : You cannot refuse me. Salome will now dance for us!

  Salome : I do refuse.

  Herod Antipas : Salome, I beg of you. I'll give you anything you want.

• Herod Antipas : Tell me, Lucius. What manner of man is Pontius Pilate? How should I treat him? What is his weakness?

  Lucius : Same as any man. Vanity.

• Pontius Pilate : [Lucius is reporting to Pontius Pilate and Herod Antipas on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount]  What did the man say?

  Lucius : [dryly]  He spoke of... peace, love, and the brotherhood of man.

  Herod Antipas : Humph! Is that all?

  Lucius : That is all.

  [Lucius leaves] 

  Herod Antipas : [noticing Pilate looks puzzled]  What is the matter?

  Pontius Pilate : The look on Lucius' face.

  Herod Antipas : He had a long journey. He looked tired.

  Pontius Pilate : He looked more than tired to my eyes.

• Herod Antipas : [annoyed that Jesus did not do any miracles he requested]  Take this faker back to Pilate. Tell him Herod was not pleased with His performance.

• Herod Antipas : [to Herod]  A king who cannot walk to his own throne is no longer a king, father.