The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1935 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ernest B. Schoedsack

Written By:
James Ashmore Creelman
Melville Baker

Actors:
Preston Foster ..... Marcus
Alan Hale ..... Burbix
Basil Rathbone ..... Pontius Pilate
John Wood ..... Flavius, as a Man
Louis Calhern ..... Prefect (Allus Martius)
David Holt ..... Flavius, as a Boy
Dorothy Wilson ..... Clodia
Wyrley Birch ..... Leaster
Gloria Shea ..... Julia
Frank Conroy ..... Gaius Tanno
William V. Mong ..... Cleon, the Slave Dealer
Murray Kinnell ..... Simon, Judean Peasant
Henry Kolker ..... Warder
Edward Van Sloan ..... Calvus
Zeffie Tilbury ..... The Wise Woman

Synopsis:

Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena...until his wife dies for lack of medical care. His life as a gladiator coarsens him, and shady enterprises make him the richest man in Pompeii, while his son Flavius (who met Jesus on a brief visit to Judaea) is as gentle as Marcus once was. The final disaster of Marcus and Flavius's cross purposes is interrupted by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Set in ancient Rome, this action-filled 1935 spectacle stars Preston Foster as a blacksmith who becomes a Roman gladiator.

In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 November, 2013.