The Last Days of Pompeii
1935In 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.
Acted in
Preston Foster
as Marcus
Alan Hale
as Burbix
Basil Rathbone
as Pontius Pilate
John Wood
as Adult Flavius
Louis Calhern
as Prefect Allus Martius
David Holt
as Flavius as a Boy
Dorothy Wilson
as Clodia
Wyrley Birch
as Leaster
Frank Conroy
as Gaius Tanno (uncredited)
William V. Mong
as Cleon the Slave Dealer (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
as Simon (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
as Warder (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
as Calvus (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury
as The Wise Woman (uncredited)
John Davidson
as Phoebus (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
as Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
as Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
Buster Wiles
as Gladiator (uncredited)
Hannah Williams
as Citizen of Pompeii (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
John T. Murray
as Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
as Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Oarsman (uncredited)
James Dime
as Heckling Gladiator (uncredited)
Douglas Cosgrove
as Gaius' Steward (uncredited)
Art Felix
as Rider on Horseback (uncredited)
Winston Hibler
as Marcellus (uncredited)
Marc Loebell
as Lucius (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
as Slaver (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
as The Lanista (uncredited)
Frank Mills
as Arena Attendant (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
as Calvus' Wife (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
as The Augur - a Pompeii Official (uncredited)