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The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii
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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
United States, 1935
Adventure, Drama, History

Synopsis

Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena…until his wife dies for lack of medical care. His life as a gladiator coarsens him, and shady enterprises make him the richest man in Pompeii, while his son Flavius is as gentle as Marcus once was.

Synopsis

Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena…until his wife dies for lack of medical care. His life as a gladiator coarsens him, and shady enterprises make him the richest man in Pompeii, while his son Flavius is as gentle as Marcus once was.