The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans (1962)

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, 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.

Date of release
1962-08-01
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (159)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Adventure, History, War
Director
Rudolph Maté

Casting

  • 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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