The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans

114 mins | History | Aug. 1, 1962

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

The 300 Spartans

114 mins | History | Aug. 1, 1962

The 300 Spartans
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The 300 Spartans
Directors Rudolph Maté
Writers Gian Paolo Callegari, Remigio Del Grosso

Cast

Richard Egan

as King Leonidas

Ralph Richardson

as Themistocles of Athens

Diane Baker

as Ellas

Barry Coe

as Phylon

David Farrar

as Xerxes

Anne Wakefield

as Artemisa

Donald Houston

as Hydarnes

Anna Synodinou

as Gorgo

Robert Brown

as Pentheus