The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) - film review
Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
Adventure / Drama / History
Summary
The Last Days of Pompeii is an American adventure film first released in 1935,
directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper.
The film stars Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone and John Wood.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
- Script: James Ashmore Creelman, Melville Baker, Ruth Rose, Boris Ingster, G.B. Stern, Jerry Hutchinson
- Photo: J. Roy Hunt, Jack Cardiff
- Music: Roy Webb
- Cast: 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), John Davidson (Phoebus, Runaway Slave), Marie Osborne (Extra), Betty Allen (Woman), Reginald Barlow (The Janitor of the Slave Market), Maurice Black (Attendant in Gladiators’ Training Room), Ward Bond (Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator), Tom Brower (Runaway Slave), Curley Dresden (Cato the Gladiator), Helen Freeman (Martha), Winston Hibler (Marcellus), Thomas E. Jackson (The Lanista), Bruce King (Scythian prisoner), Marc Loebell (Lucius), Michael Mark (Pompeii nobleman), Edwin Maxwell (The Augur, a Pompeii Official), Margaret McWade (Calvus’ wife), Jack Mulhall (Citizen of Pompeii), John T. Murray (Pilate’s Servant), Ole M. Ness (Drusus, Runaway Slave), Jason Robards Sr. (Tax Gatherer), Jim Thorpe (Spectator tossing coins)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 96 min; B&W
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