The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
October 18, 1935Release Date
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
October 18, 1935Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Preston Foster
Marcus
Basil Rathbone
Pontius Pilate
David Holt
Flavius (As a Boy)
Alan Hale
Burbix
John Wood
Flavius (As a Man)
Louis Calhern
Prefect (Allus Martius)
Dorothy Wilson
Clodia
Frank Conroy
Gaius Tanno (uncredited)
Wyrley Birch
Leaster
Betty Alden
Calpurnia
William V. Mong
Cleon the Slave Dealer (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
Simon (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Warder (uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
Ruth Rose
Writer
Edward Van Sloan
Calvus (uncredited)
Zeffie Tilbury
The Wise Woman (uncredited)
Boris Ingster
Writer
John Davidson
Phoebus (uncredited)
James Ashmore Creelman
Writer
Melville Baker
Writer
Ward Bond
Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Roy Webb
Composer
Warner Richmond
Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
J. Roy Hunt
Cinematographer
Jim Thorpe
Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
Buster Wiles
Gladiator (uncredited)
Archie Marshek
Editor
Hannah Williams
Citizen of Pompeii (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Tax Gatherer (uncredited)
John T. Murray
Pilate's Servant (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Ostorius - a Gladiator (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Oarsman (uncredited)
James Dime
Heckling Gladiator (uncredited)
Douglas Cosgrove
Gaius' Steward (uncredited)
Art Felix
Rider on Horseback (uncredited)
Winston Hibler
Marcellus (uncredited)
Marc Loebell
Lucius (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
Slaver (uncredited)
Thomas E. Jackson
The Lanista (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Arena Attendant (uncredited)
Margaret McWade
Calvus' Wife (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited) / The Augur - a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects
Yakima Canutt
Stunts
Aline Bernstein
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 18, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, creators of the original King Kong. Although inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the film has nothing to do with the book. Indeed, a Foreword appearing after the film's opening credits states, "Although...the characters and plot have no relation to those in the novel by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, acknowledgement is made of his description of Pompeii which has inspired the physical setting of this picture." This story of Marcus, a man whose life is touched at various points by Christ and his followers, is impossible, because of the dates. Flavius is a small boy when Jesus heals him and a young man when Vesuvius erupts in 79 AD—46 years later. According to TCM, few critics complained about it at the time.