The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans

1962 · 114 min · ★ 6.5 · Adventure, History, War

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.

Directed by Rudolph Maté · Written by Gian Paolo Callegari

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Richard Egan King Leonidas
Ralph Richardson Themistocles of Athens
Diane Baker Ellas
Barry Coe Phylon
David Farrar Xerxes
Anne Wakefield Artemisa
Donald Houston Hydarnes
Anna Synodinou Gorgo
Robert Brown Pentheus
Laurence Naismith First Delegate
Ivan Triesault Demaratus
Charles Fawcett Megistias

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