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Bookmark this pageThe Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Director: Ernest B Schoedsack
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From Time Out Film Guide
Mt Vesuvius blows its top in fine fashion somewhere near the end of this sword-and- sandal spectacular, but all the molten lava the special effects team can cook up isn't enough to atone for a cool, dreary script. Marcus, an honest blacksmith (Foster), is driven by misfortune to become an amoral gladiator. He repents just in time to save Pompeii's Christians from being frazzled. The acting honours, such as they are, go to Basil Rathbone, as a memorably dapper Pontius Pilate.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Ernest B Schoedsack
Producer: Merian C Cooper
Cast: Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale, Dorothy Wilson, John Wood, Louis Calhern, Ward Bond full cast
Genre(s): Epics
Duration: 96 mins
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