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