David And Bathsheba With Gregory Peck 1951

David And Bathsheba With Gregory Peck 1951 After King David sees the beautiful Bathsheba bathing from the palace roof, he enters into an adulterous affair which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel. King David ben Jesse (Gregory Peck), the second king of Israel, returns to Jerusalem after a military victory over the Philistines. En route, a cart bearing the Ark of the Covenant hits a rut and threatens to capsize. Uzzah, a captain in David's own army, reaches out to prevent the Ark from falling to the ground. He abruptly dies. While the prophet Nathan declares this the will of God, a skeptical David pronounces it the result of heat-stroke combined with too much wine. David becomes attracted to Bathsheba (Susan Hayward), the wife of Uriah the Hittite (Kieron Moore), another captain in David's army. Director Henry King Writer Philip Dunne Stars Gregory PeckSusan HaywardRaymond Massey