"A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero."
Fredric March
as Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa Landi
as Mercia
Claudette Colbert
as Empress Poppaea
Charles Laughton
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Ian Keith
as Tigellinus
Arthur Hohl
as Titus
Harry Beresford
as Favius Fontelas
Tommy Conlon
as Stephan
Ferdinand Gottschalk
as Glabrio
Vivian Tobin
as Dacia
William V. Mong
as Licinius
Joyzelle Joyner
as Ancaria
Richard Alexander
as Viturius
Nat Pendleton
as Strabo
Clarence Burton
as Servillius
Harold Healy
as Tybul
Robert Seiter
as Philodemus
Charles Middleton
as Tyros
Henry Brandon
as Colosseum Spectator (uncredited)
John Carradine
as Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
as Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Sally Rand
as Crocodiles' Victim (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
as Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Tom Tully
as Hoboken (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
as Bettor of 300 Silver
Ynez Seabury
as Little Girl
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Waldemar Young
Screenplay
Sidney Buchman
Wilson Barrett
Theatre Play
Producer
Jay Chernis
Music
Rudolph G. Kopp
Paul Marquardt
Milan Roder
Karl Struss
Director of Photography
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Mitchell Leisen
Art Direction
Costume Design
James Collins
Makeup Artist
Roy Burns
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Edward Salven
Treg Brown
Sound Effects Editor
Harry Lindgren
Sound
Otto Dyar
Still Photographer
