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The Last Days of Pompeii ( Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a 1959 Eastmancolor sword and sandal action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone. Bonnard, the original director, fell ill on the first day of shooting, so Leone and the scriptwriters finished the film.
Box office. $980,000 [2] 1935 half-sheet poster. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) is an RKO Radio Pictures film starring Preston Foster and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, [1] creators of the original King Kong. Although inspired by the novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the film has nothing to do with the book.
The Last Days of Pompeii: Directed by Mario Bonnard. With Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Fernando Rey, Barbara Carroll. A demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers that terrorizes the city and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
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- Action, Adventure, History
- Mario Bonnard
- 1960-07-17
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Last Days Of Pompeii, The -- (Movie Clip) Greatest Man In Judea Once virtuous blacksmith turned gladiator turned horse and slave trader Marcus (Preston Foster), still devoted to his adopted son (David Holt), pursuing a prophesy that the greatest man in Judea would come to their aid, visits Pontius Pilate (Basil Rathbone, just introduced, in an atypical hairdo), in The Last Days Of Pompeii, 1935.
- Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ivan Thomas
- Preston Foster
Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. An influential Italian epic that paved the way for the elaborate costume drama, THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII romanticizes the final hours of those ill-fated souls living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. In this rendition of Edward Bulwer's classic novel, set ...
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An ok historical drama of the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed this roman city. Rated 3/5 Stars • 02/03/23. Ernest B. Schoedsack. Director. Preston Foster. Marcus ...
- History, Drama
