The Last Days of Pompeii
The Fiery Summit of Spectacle!
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11/12/1959Runtime
103 minsOverview
Glaucus, a demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
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A pulpy sword-and-sandal adventure that builds toward catastrophe, mixing revenge plotlines and religious intrigue against the inexorable threat of Mount Vesuvius's eruption. It's propulsive spectacle punctuated by intimate character drama.
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Steve Reeves
Glaucus Leto
Christine Kaufmann
Elena / Ione
Fernando Rey
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Barbara Carroll
Nydia
Anne-Marie Baumann
Julia
Mimmo Palmara
Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
Guillermo Marín
Ascanius, Consul of Pompei
Carlo Tamberlani
Olinto, Christian Leader
Mino Doro
Consul
María Silva
Julia's Maid
Jesús Puente
Roman Senator
Vicky Lagos
Woman in Red
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