In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
blacksmith
gladiator
roman empire
christianity
volcano
ancient rome
volcanic eruption
pompeii
disaster movie
1st century
vesuvius
father son relationship
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
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Cast
Preston Foster
Marcus
Alan Hale
Burbix
Basil Rathbone
Pontius Pilate
Louis Calhern
Prefect Allus Martius
David Holt
Flavius as a Boy
Dorothy Wilson
Clodia
Wyrley Birch
Leaster
Frank Conroy
Gaius Tanno (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Cleon the Slave Dealer (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Simon (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Warder (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
Calvus (uncredited)
Crew
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
Ruth Rose
Screenplay
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects
Yakima Canutt
Stunts
Roy Webb
Music
Popular Reviews
1 review
Callum Harmon
8.2★ · 02/01/24
Melodramatic Old Hollywood style epic from the people that brought you King Kong. I wonder just how many of these films are sitting right under our noses. Large scale Hollywood productions with low ratings as they don’t sit as well with modern audiences. Shame.
Melodramatic Old Hollywood style epic from the people that brought you King Kong. I wonder just how many of these films are sitting right under our noses. Large scale Hollywood productions with low ratings as they don’t sit as well with modern audiences. Shame.
