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The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

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The Last Days of Pompeii

"VESUVIUS...COULD NOT DESTROY THIER LOVE..!"

1935

1h 36m

5.8(25 votes)

Drama

Adventure

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.

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Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Marcus

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Burbix

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Pontius Pilate

John Wood

Adult Flavius

Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Prefect Allus Martius

David Holt

David Holt

Flavius as a Boy

Dorothy Wilson

Dorothy Wilson

Clodia

Wyrley Birch

Wyrley Birch

Leaster

Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy

Gaius Tanno (uncredited)

William V. Mong

William V. Mong

Cleon the Slave Dealer (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Written by: Ruth Rose
Produced by: Merian C. Cooper

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