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The Sign of the Cross is an American period drama film first released in 1932,
directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The film stars Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton and Ian Keith.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Cecil B. DeMille
- Script: Wilson Barrett, Waldemar Young, Sidney Buchman, Dudley Nichols, Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Music: Rudolph G. Kopp, Jay Chernis, Paul Marquardt, Milan Roder
- Cast: Fredric March (Marcus Superbus), Elissa Landi (Mercia), Claudette Colbert (Empress Poppaea), Charles Laughton (Emperor Nero), Ian Keith (Tigellinus), Arthur Hohl (Titus), Harry Beresford (Favius), Tommy Conlon (Stephan), Ferdinand Gottschalk (Glabrio), Vivian Tobin (Dacia), William V. Mong (Licinius), Joyzelle Joyner (Ancaria), Richard Alexander (Viturius), Nat Pendleton (Strabo), Clarence Burton (Servillius), Harold Healy (Tybul), Robert Seiter (Philodemus), Charles Middleton (Tyros), Joel Allen (Bombadier – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Mischa Auer (Christian in Dungeon), Lionel Belmore (Bettor of 300 Silver), True Boardman (Slave of Nero), Marjorie Bonner (Roman Woman), Joe Bonomo (Mute Giant), Henry Brandon (Spectator at Colosseum), George Bruggeman (Slave of Nero), Horace B. Carpenter, John Carradine (Christian Martyr Saying "Victory"), Lane Chandler (Christian in Chains), Ruth Clifford (Christian Mother at Meeting), William Forrest (Colonel Hugh Mason – 1944 Prologue), Wynne Gibson (Extra at Orgy), Dorothy Granger (Bit Part), Carol Holloway, John James (Lieutenant Herb Hanson – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Otto Lederer, Lillian Leighton (Woman Getting Gold for Cup), Edward LeSaint (Enthusiastic Spectator), Wilfred Lucas, James Millican (Captain Kevin Driscoll – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Gertrude Norman (Christian), Wedgwood Nowell (Man Accepting 300 Silver Bet), Dave O’Brien (Christian on Stairway), William H. O’Brien (Man Who Heard Lions All Morning), Hal Price (Spectator), Sally Rand (Crocodiles’ Victim), Tom Ricketts (Sleeping Spectator), Stanley Ridges (Chaplain Lloyd – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Angelo Rossitto (Pygmy), Ynez Seabury (Little Girl), Arthur Shields (Chaplain Costello – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Jerome Storm, Kent Taylor (Romantic Spectator), Oliver Thorndike (Lieutenant Robert Hammond – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Tom Tully (Hoboken – 1944 Re-Release Prologue), Florence Turner (Christian), Ethel Wales (Complaining Wife)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 122 min; B&W
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