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.
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
