The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

VESUVIUS...COULD NOT DESTROY THIER LOVE..!

NR 1935 · 96 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, Adventure

In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack · Written by Ruth Rose

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