ApprovedDemetrius and the Gladiators

Popularity

IMDB (4,376 votes)

Meta Score

Rotten Tomatoes

500M
500M
Play Time: 101 mins
Adventure, History, Drama
Demetrius and the Gladiators

Overview:
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

Status: Released (1954-06-16)
Screen:Philip Dunne, Lloyd C. Douglas
Productions: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Demetrius and the Gladiators
external ids

fb: | twitter: | imdb: tt0046899 | insta:

Reviews

talisencrw

Review text:

This was a solid and very satisfying sequel to 'The Robe' for me. I have both a soft spot for swords-and-sandals epics of days gone by, and a preferential fondness for films from cinema's studio glory days of the 20's to 60's--not to mention my enjoyment of earlier Daves' classics su ....

Continue reading ->

John Chard

Review text:

This is a place where men are trained to kill each other like animals! Demetrius and the Gladiators is a sequel to The Robe. It's directed by Delmer Daves and stars Victor Mature as Demetrius, a Christian slave made to fight in the Roman arena as a gladiator (and ultimately enteri ....

Continue reading ->

ARGMAN

Review text:

was about to rate it 3 for the tiger fight, but the end was too corny to handle

Continue reading ->

CinemaSerf

Review text:

Richard Burton and Jean Simmons made sure they couldn't be involved in this sequel to "The Robe" (1953) but director Delmer Dawes did manage to bring in Susan Hayward and retain the maniacal services of arch-ham Jay Robinson to keep this sword and sandals story watchable. If you reca ....

Continue reading ->