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.
Preston Foster
as Marcus
Alan Hale
as Burbix
Basil Rathbone
as Pontius Pilate
John Wood
as Adult Flavius
Louis Calhern
as Prefect Allus Martius
David Holt
as Flavius as a Boy
Dorothy Wilson
as Clodia
Wyrley Birch
as Leaster
Frank Conroy
as Gaius Tanno (uncredited)
William V. Mong
as Cleon the Slave Dealer (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell
as Simon (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
as Warder (uncredited)
