Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

Directed by

Delmer Daves

Genre

drama film, action film, sword-and-sandal film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Christian slave named Demetrius is forced to become a gladiator in ancient Rome. He faces battles in the arena and conflicts with powerful figures including the corrupt emperor Caligula and the manipulative Messalina.

epicdramaticgrand-scaletenseaction-packedmelodramaticspectacleintense

What happens

Demetrius and the Gladiators is a 1954 American Technicolor/CinemaScope epic biblical drama film directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Frank Ross for 20th Century Fox. A sequel to The Robe (1953), the screenplay was written by Philip Dunne, based on characters created by Lloyd C. Douglas in The Robe. Victor Mature stars as Demetrius, a Christian slave made to fight in the Roman arena as a gladiator, and Susan Hayward as Messalina, a reprobate who is married to Claudius, the uncle of the depraved emperor Caligula. The cast also features Ernest Borgnine, William Marshall, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson as Caligula, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft in one of her earlier roles, and Julie Newmar as a briefly seen dancing entertainer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Gladiator (2000)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964)
• Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (1964)
• Sign of the Pagan (1954)
• Quo Vadis (1951)
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
• Gladiator II (2024)