Writers: Waldemar Young, Sidney Buchman, Wilson Barrett, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Composers: Jay Chernis, Rudolph G. Kopp, Paul Marquardt, Milan Roder
Starring: Frederic March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Arthur Hohl, Harry Beresford, Charles Middleton, John Carradine
More info: IMDb
Tagline: A picture which will proudly lead all the entertainments the world has ever seen
Plot: A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
My rating: 7/10
Will I watch it again? Yes.
This Sword & Sandal picture has some amazing things in it but the acting is half and half. The Christians act like they're in a trans. They're either WAY too noble in their speech and posture or they act like they're hopped up on grass, looking up and off in the distance as they drift away into melodrama. Everyone else, especially the sinners, are acting more like normal people and they're the ones that I enjoyed watching. It's kind of what you see in most biblical epics except this flick shows a greater range. That aside, smokin' hot Claudette Colbert takes a bath...
And that's not all! There's a great gladiator fight in the final act that precedes the Christians being fed to vicious animals.
The religious bits pale in interest to everything else. Despite that, it's still a good movie with a lot going for it and it's well worth a look. The Universal DVD sports a good looking print and there are no extras.
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