The Last Days of Pompeii
56 %|Oct 18, 1935|Drama, Adventure
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.
Featured Crew
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
Ruth Rose
Screenplay
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
Roy Webb
Music
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Aline Bernstein
Costume Design
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects
Yakima Canutt
Stunts
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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)
John Davidson
Phoebus (uncredited)
Ward Bond
Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
Buster Wiles
Gladiator (uncredited)
Hannah Williams
Citizen of Pompeii (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Oarsman (uncredited)
James Dime
Heckling Gladiator (uncredited)
Douglas Cosgrove
Gaius' Steward (uncredited)
Art Felix
Rider on Horseback (uncredited)
Winston Hibler
Marcellus (uncredited)
Marc Loebell
Lucius (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Slaver (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
The Lanista (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Arena Attendant (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
Calvus' Wife (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
The Augur - a Pompeii Official (uncredited)