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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 ...
Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. . His best known film roles include One Million B.C. (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), Kiss of Death (1947), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Robe (19
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios , Dimitrios , Dimitris , Dmytro , Dimitri , Dimitrie , Dimitar , Dumitru , Demitri , Dhimitër , and Dimitrije , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] in addition to other forms (such as Russian ...
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.
Egan's career received a boost when a casting director, according to Egan, said "Take off your shirt!" and then cast him in a small role in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), as a gladiator who fights Victor Mature. [4] This led to Egan's first leading role, in Edward Small's Wicked Woman (1953).
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. [1]