The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Starring: 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)
Mt. Vesuvius erupted 79A.D.
Historical Background:
See Ultimi giorni di Pompei, Gli (Last Days of Pompeii) (1960)
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