The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
Original title: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
The Last Days of Pompeii is a 1959 Italian-language adventure movie directed by Mario Bonnard, with a running time of 1h 43m. It stars Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann and Fernando Rey.
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.
Cast
- Steve Reeves as Glaucus Leto
- Christine Kaufmann as Elena / Ione
- Fernando Rey as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
- Barbara Carroll as Nydia
- Anne-Marie Baumann as Julia
- Mimmo Palmara as Gallinus, a Praetorian Guard
- Guillermo Marín as Ascanius, Consul of Pompei
- Carlo Tamberlani as Olinto, Christian Leader
- Mino Doro as Consul
- María Silva as Julia's Maid
- Jesús Puente as Roman Senator
- Vicky Lagos as Woman in Red
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