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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