The 300 Spartans (1962)

  • PG
  • 08/01/1962 (US)
  • Adventure, History, War
  • 1h 54m

Overview

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

Gian Paolo Callegari

Writer

Rudolph Maté

Director

Remigio Del Grosso

Writer

Cast

Richard Egan's headshot

Richard Egan

King Leonidas
Ralph Richardson's headshot

Ralph Richardson

Themistocles of Athens
Diane Baker's headshot

Diane Baker

Ellas
Barry Coe's headshot

Barry Coe

Phylon
David Farrar's headshot

David Farrar

Xerxes
Anne Wakefield's headshot

Anne Wakefield

Artemisa
Donald Houston's headshot

Donald Houston

Hydarnes
Anna Synodinou's headshot

Anna Synodinou

Gorgo

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