Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena...until his wife dies for lack of medical care. His life as a gladiator coarsens him, and shady enterprises make him the richest man in Pompeii, while his son Flavius (who met Jesus on a brief visit to Judaea) is as gentle as Marcus once was. The final disaster of Marcus and Flavius's cross purposes is interrupted by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Starring:

Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, Betty Allen, Curley Dresden, David Holt, Dorothy Wilson, Edward Van Sloan, Edwin Maxwell, Frank Conroy, Gloria Shea, Helen Freeman, Henry Kolker, Jack Mulhall, Jason Robards Sr, Jim Thorpe, John Davidson, John T Murray, John Wood, Louis Calhern, Margaret McWade, Marie Osborne, Maurice Black, Michael Mark, Murray Kinnell, Ole M

Genre:

Adventure, Drama, History