TWENTY years ago, when Cecil B. DeMille realized he could film the destruction of a Philistine temple better than anybody else, he cast about for a story that would lead up to so magnificent a climax.

While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate Samson alone trusts in Gods promise of liberty Abimelech the Philistine satrap ... the superiority of Dagon and the Hebrews are afraid of him ...