Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

Directors

Delmer Daves

Cast

Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft, Jay Robinson, William Marshall, Ernest Borgnine, Barry Jones, Richard Egan, Charles Evans

The story

After his friends Marcellus and Diana are executed for heresy and treason, Demetrius makes it his mission to hide the Robe of Christ. One day, while with his beloved, Lucia, he is arrested for assaulting a Roman centurion and sentenced to the arena. There, Demetrius trains as a gladiator and soon wins acclaim, proving his valor against a pack of hungry tigers.

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