The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

96 mins | Drama, Adventure | Oct. 18, 1935

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.

The Last Days of Pompeii

96 mins | Drama, Adventure | Oct. 18, 1935

The Last Days of Pompeii
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Last Days of Pompeii
Directors Ernest B. Schoedsack
Writers Ruth Rose

Cast

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)