DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS (BILINGUAL)

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Demetrius and the Gladiators was the sequel to The Robe, and though they were released several months apart, the films were shot at the same time. Based on characters originally conceived by Lloyd C. Douglas, the film stars Victor Mature as the title character, an ex-slave who embraced Christianity after being present at the Crucifixion. Thrown in jail for defending an elderly merchant from a sadistic Roman legionnaire, Demetrius is forced to attend gladiator school and fight in the arena for the amusement of the mad, debauched emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson, likewise repeating his performance in The Robe). The well-proportioned Demetrius attracts the attention of Messalina (Susan Hayward), the nymphomaniac wife of Caligula's would-be successor Claudius (Barry Jones). Briefly losing faith in Christ, Demetrius is saved from himself by the apostle Peter (Michael Rennie). Because of contractual complications, Demetrius and the Gladiators was released to television seven years before The Robe.;
• Cast: Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Richard Egan, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Evans, Douglas Brooks, Richard Burton, John Cliff, Michael Conrad, Harry Cording, Karl 'Killer' Davis, Carmen De Lavallade, George Eldredge, Lyle Fox, Ed Fury, Everett Glass, Fred Graham, Frank Hagney, Selmer Jackson, Barbara James, Russell Johnson, Kenner G. Kemp, Allen Kramer, Paul Kruger, David Leonard, Dayton Lummis, Paul Newlan, Julie Newmar, Gil Perkins, Nosher Powell, Paul Richards, Dick Sands, Jean Simmons, Mickey Simpson, Willetta Smith, Ray Spiker, Paul Stader, Bert Stevens, Woody Strode, Gisele Verlaine, Jim Winkler, Jeff York, Delmer Daves, Lloyd C. Douglas, Philip Dunne
• Director: Delmer Daves
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: Movie