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
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Cast
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)
Edward Van Sloan
Calvus (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury
The Wise Woman (uncredited)
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