Salome's Last Dance
“Notorious, scandalous, Wilde!”
1988 · 1 h 29 min
Ken RussellCast
Glenda Jackson 
Stratford Johns 
Nickolas Grace 
Douglas Hodge Imogen Millais-Scott 
Denis Lill
Plot
London, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night: Oscar Wilde watches a private performance of his banned play Salome.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ken Russell's film, with Glenda Jackson and Stratford Johns, is campy and theatrical, a bawdy Wilde fantasia.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (2,264 votes)
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