Robert Taylor plays Marcus Vinicius, commander of Rome's 14th Legion and in love with Lygia (Deborah Kerr), a member of the Christian sect accused of undermining Roman values. Peter Ustinov, wrapped in purple-robed petulance, is the all-powerful Nero. The destinies of these three and of the Empire play out in a tale whose visual highlights include the parade of triumphant legions, the burning of Rome and the martyrdom of Christmas before cheering, bread-and-circus throngs.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Producer: Cathy Schulman
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Actor: Robert Taylor
Actor: Deborah Kerr
Actor: Leo Genn
Actor: Peter Ustinov
Actor: Patricia Laffan
Actor: Peter Miles
Actor: D.A. Clarke-Smith
Actor: Geoffrey Dunn
Actor: Gerald Perreau-Saissine
Actor: Richard Miles
Actor: Sophia Loren
Actor: Finlay Currie
Actor: Abraham Sofaer
Actor: Marina Berti
Actor: Buddy Baer
Actor: Felix Aylmer
Actor: Nora Swinburne
Actor: Ralph Truman
Actor: Norman Wooland
Actor: Nicholas Hannen
Actor: D. A. Clarke-Smith
Actor: Rosalie Crutchley
Actor: John Ruddock
Actor: Elspeth March
Actor: Alfredo Varelli
Actor: William Tubbs
Actor: Walter Pidgeon
Actor: Leslie Bradley
Actor: John Binns
Actor: Lia Da Leo
Actor: Enzo Fiermonte
Actor: Richard Garrick
Actor: John Myhers
Actor: Giuseppe Tosi
Actor: William Taylor
Actor: Adrienne Corri
Actor: Aldo Pini
Actor: Pietro Tordi
Actor: Dario Michaelis
Actor: Robin Hughes
Actor: Louis Payne
Actor: Al Ferguson
Actor: Carlo Tricoli
Actor: Maj. Philip J. Kieffer
Actor: Jack Del Rio
Actor: Vincent Neptune
Actor: Ernesto Morelli
Actor: Harry Vejar
Actor: Jack George
Actor: Michael Mark
Actor: Leon Lenoir
Actor: Franco Fantasia
Actor: Alfred Brown
Actor: Maria Zanoli