Overview
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.
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast & Characters
Preston Foster
Marcus
Alan Hale
Burbix
Basil Rathbone
Pontius Pilate
John Wood
Adult Flavius
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)
Directors & Crew
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
Ruth Rose
Screenplay
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Screenshots & Stills
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