Directed by:
Cecil B. DeMilleCinematography:
Karl StrussCast:
Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Arthur Hohl, Harry Beresford, Tommy Conlon, Ferdinand Gottschalk (more)Plots(1)
After Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton) blames the Christians for burning Rome, he orders that they be sent to the Colosseum. While rounding them up, military leader Marcus Superbus (Fredric March) meets pretty young Mercia (Elissa Landi), who begs him to free her stepfather, Titus (Arthur Hohl). Marcus does so with the hope of seducing her but is unsuccessful. Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert), who has her eye on Marcus, soon learns of Mercia and, out of jealousy, orders her fed to the lions. (Bounty Films)
(more)Cast
![Mischa Auer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496820_a92aeb.jpg)
Mischa Auer
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
![Lane Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779807_e6a2b4.jpg)
Lane Chandler
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Laura (1944)
![Ruth Clifford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000130_a5c40c.jpg)
Ruth Clifford
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Stanley Ridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000160_48dc63.jpg)
Stanley Ridges
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
If I Were King (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
![William H. O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000169_7ce976.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Charles Middleton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/471/159471372_569e9d.jpg)
Charles Middleton
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
![Sally Rand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/358/161358779_118644.jpg)
Sally Rand
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The King of Kings (1927)
![James Millican](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/867/159867210_acbd83.gif)
James Millican
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Hal Price
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
![Wynne Gibson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/204/160204220_96187c.jpg)
Wynne Gibson
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
City Streets (1931)
![William Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330148_f515a0.jpg)
William Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
![Edward LeSaint](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/232/161232017_b9d74f.jpg)
Edward LeSaint
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Lionel Belmore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/457/160457513_663c01.jpg)
Lionel Belmore
UK
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
If I Were King (1938)
Three Ages (1923)
![Ethel Wales](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/750/160750072_6f9eb0.jpg)
Ethel Wales
USA
Best movies:
The Monster (1925)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Criminal Code (1931)
![Dorothy Granger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619298_eeea85.jpg)
Dorothy Granger
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Show Boat (1936)
![Otto Lederer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893466_1cbaec.jpg)
Otto Lederer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The King of Kings (1927)
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
![Lillian Leighton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/234/161234320_298c83.jpg)
Lillian Leighton
USA
Best movies:
Feet First (1930)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Male and Female (1919)
![Tom Ricketts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/275/161275077_1b9ce5.jpg)
Tom Ricketts
UK
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Horace B. Carpenter
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
George Bruggeman
Belgium
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)