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Demetrius and the Gladiators is a 1954 American Epic biblical drama film and a sequel to The Robe. The picture was made by 20th Century-Fox , directed by Delmer Daves and produced by Frank Ross . The screenplay was written by Philip Dunne based on characters created by Lloyd C. Douglas in The Robe .
Jay Robinson (April 14, 1930 – September 27, 2013) was an American actor specializing in character roles.He achieved his greatest fame playing Emperor Caligula in the film The Robe (1953) and its sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), [1] and years later portraying the boss of the character played by Warren Beatty in Shampoo (1975).
Demetrius feels compelled to follow Jesus and later attempts to warn him of a plot against him, but a distraught man tells Demetrius that Jesus has already been arrested. Pontius Pilate , the governor of Judaea , informs Marcellus that he has been recalled by order of Tiberius, and gives Marcellus his last task, which is to handle the execution ...
The film was announced by Universal in October 1953. [4] Ludmilla Tchérina was to make her dramatic debut in the film. [5] She was a ballerina who had been signed to a long-term contract to Universal after a series of screen tests, including some with Jeff Chandler.
Ernest Borgnine (/ ˈ b ɔːr ɡ n aɪ n / BORG-nyne; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades.He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. [2]
Debra Paget (born Debralee Griffin; August 19, 1933) is an American retired actress and entertainer.She is perhaps best known for her performances in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956) and in Elvis Presley's film debut, Love Me Tender (1956), as well as for the risqué (for the time) snake dance scene in The Indian Tomb (1959).
The Robe is a 1942 historical novel about the Crucifixion of Jesus, written by Lloyd C. Douglas.The book was one of the best-selling titles of the 1940s. It entered the New York Times Best Seller list in October 1942, four weeks later rose to No. 1, and held the position for nearly a year.
He appeared as a Gladiator in Demetrius and the Gladiators, a sequel to 20th Century Fox's biblical epic, The Robe. He was already 50 years of age when he played the "teenaged" monster in the 1958 science fiction / horror film Teenage Monster .