Synopsis
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Cast
Fredric March
Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa Landi
Mercia
Claudette Colbert
Empress Poppaea
Charles Laughton
Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Ian Keith
Tigellinus
Arthur Hohl
Titus
Harry Beresford
Favius Fontelas
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
Henry Brandon
Colosseum Spectator (uncredited)
John Carradine
Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Sally Rand
Crocodiles' Victim (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Tom Tully
Hoboken (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
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