After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Robert Taylor
Marcus Vinicius
Deborah Kerr
Lygia
Leo Genn
Petronius
Peter Ustinov
Nero
Patricia Laffan
Poppaea
Finlay Currie
Peter
Abraham Sofaer
Paul
Marina Berti
Eunice
Buddy Baer
Ursus
Felix Aylmer
Plautius
Nora Swinburne
Pomponia
Ralph Truman
Tigellinus
Norman Wooland
Nerva
Peter Miles
Nazarius
Geoffrey Dunn
Terpnos
Nicholas Hannen
Seneca
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Phaon
Rosalie Crutchley
Acte
John Ruddock
Chilo
Arthur Walge
Croton
Elspeth March
Miriam
Strelsa Brown
Rufia
Alfredo Varelli
Lucan
Roberto Ottaviano
Flavius
William Tubbs
Anaxander
Pietro Tordi
Galba
Marika Aba
Dancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited)
Adriano Ambrogi
Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Anna Arena
Woman (uncredited)
Alfred Baillou
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Giacomo Barnas
Senator (uncredited)
Scott R. Beal
Fisherman (uncredited)
John Binns
Officer (uncredited)
Francesca Biondi
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Carlo Borelli
Noble (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)
Alfred Brown
Man (uncredited)
Valentino Bruchi
Mirmillon (uncredited)
Dante Ciriaci
Frank Colson
Adrienne Corri
Young Christian Girl (uncredited)
Luca Cortese
Old Man (uncredited)
David Craig
Little Boy (uncredited)
Daniel de Jonghe
Apostle (uncredited)
Liana Del Balzo
Jack Del Rio
Lia Di Leo
Pedicurist (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
Cesare Fasulo
Al Ferguson
Enzo Fiermonte
Mounted Captain (uncredited)
Enrico Formichi
Man with Wine Cup (uncredited)
John Fostini
Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited)
Dino Galvani
Richard Garrick
Slave (uncredited)
Jack George
Carlo Ghisini
Guard (uncredited)
Trudy Glassford
Joan Griffiths
Robin Hughes
Christ (voice) (uncredited)
Adam Jennette
Philip Kieffer
Gipsy Kiss
Lee Kresel
Richard Larke
Sophia Loren
Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Giovanni Lovatelli
Banquet Man (uncredited)
Helena Makowska
Older Woman (uncredited)
Anna Mancini
Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Clelia Matania
Parmenida (uncredited)
Richard McNamara
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Harriet Medin
Dario Michaelis
Lydia's Guard (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
John Myhers
Vincent Neptune
Anna Maria Padoan
Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)
Louis Payne
Walter Pidgeon
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
Headkeeper (uncredited)
Alberto Plebani
Steward (uncredited)
Paola Quattrini
Crying Girl (uncredited)
Dino Raffaelli
George Restivo
Alfredo Rizzo
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino
Alessandro Serbaroli
Bud Spencer
Imperial Guard (uncredited)
Raffaele Tana
Elizabeth Taylor
William Taylor
Guard Captain / Marcus' Guard (uncredited)
Michael Tor
Centurian (uncredited)
Giuseppe Tosi
Wrestler (uncredited)
Carlo Tricoli
Renato Valente
Scilla Vannucci
White Slave Girl (uncredited)
Giuseppe Varni
Dianora Veiga
Harry J. Vejar
Romilda Villani
Maria Zanoli
Christopher Lee
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
(uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
S. N. Behrman
Screenplay
Sonya Levien
John Lee Mahin
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Novel
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
William V. Skall
Director of Photography
Robert Surtees
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Hugh Gray
Additional Writing
Charles E. Parker
Makeup Supervisor
Joan Johnstone
Hair Designer
Sydney Guilaroff
Aurel Milloss
Choreographer
Marta Obolensky
Lyricist
Eugene Zador
Orchestrator
Arthur Lemming
Assistant Camera
George Pink
Camera Operator
John Schmitz
Nuno Salvação Barreto
Stunts
Alfred Schneider
Stunt Coordinator
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Tom Howard
Donald Jahraus
Belita Pechtl Klant
Jean Michon
Douglas Shearer
Sound Recordist
Piero Cavazzuti
Assistant Sound Designer
Robert B. Lee
Sound
George G. Schneider
Al Goodman
Set Designer
Italo Tomassi
Peter Bolton
Assistant Director
Sergio Leone
Second Unit Director
Anthony Mann
Second Assistant Director
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
William A. Horning
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Elso Valentini
Mel Ballerino
Casting
Irene Howard
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design
