Story :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.
Cast
Robert TaylorMarcus Vinicius
Deborah KerrLygia
Leo GennPetronius
Peter UstinovNero
Patricia LaffanPoppaea
Finlay CurriePeter
Abraham SofaerPaul
Marina BertiEunice
Buddy BaerUrsus
Felix AylmerPlautius
Nora SwinburnePomponia
Ralph TrumanTigellinus
Norman WoolandNerva
Peter MilesNazarius
Geoffrey DunnTerpnos
Nicholas HannenSeneca
D.A. Clarke-SmithPhaon
Rosalie CrutchleyActe
John RuddockChilo
Arthur WalgeCroton
Elspeth MarchMiriam
Strelsa BrownRufia
Alfredo VarelliLucan
Roberto OttavianoFlavius
William TubbsAnaxander
Pietro TordiGalba
Marika AbaDancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited)
Adriano AmbrogiWine Bibber (uncredited)
Anna ArenaWoman (uncredited)
Alfred BaillouChristian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Giacomo BarnasSenator (uncredited)
Scott R. BealFisherman (uncredited)
John BinnsOfficer (uncredited)
Francesca BiondiSlave Girl (uncredited)
Carlo BorelliNoble (uncredited)
Leslie BradleyHasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)
Alfred BrownMan (uncredited)
Valentino BruchiMirmillon (uncredited)
Dante CiriaciWine Bibber (uncredited)
Frank ColsonMan (uncredited)
Adrienne CorriYoung Christian Girl (uncredited)
Luca CorteseOld Man (uncredited)
David CraigLittle Boy (uncredited)
Daniel de JongheApostle (uncredited)
Liana Del BalzoWoman (uncredited)
Jack Del RioApostle (uncredited)
Lia Di LeoPedicurist (uncredited)
Franco FantasiaMan (uncredited)
Cesare FasuloNoble (uncredited)
Al FergusonApostle (uncredited)
Enzo FiermonteMounted Captain (uncredited)
Enrico FormichiMan with Wine Cup (uncredited)
John FostiniYoung Unbaptized Man (uncredited)
Dino GalvaniSenator (uncredited)
Richard GarrickSlave (uncredited)
Jack GeorgeFisherman (uncredited)
Carlo GhisiniGuard (uncredited)
Trudy GlassfordWoman (uncredited)
Joan GriffithsWoman (uncredited)
Robin HughesChrist (voice) (uncredited)
Adam JennetteMan (uncredited)
Philip KiefferApostle (uncredited)
Gipsy KissSlave Girl (uncredited)
Lee KreselMan (uncredited)
Richard LarkeGuard (uncredited)
Sophia LorenLygia's Slave (uncredited)
Giovanni LovatelliBanquet Man (uncredited)
Helena MakowskaOlder Woman (uncredited)
Anna ManciniNubian Slave Girl (uncredited)
Michael MarkFisherman (uncredited)
Clelia MataniaParmenida (uncredited)
Richard McNamaraLegionnaire (uncredited)
Harriet MedinWoman (uncredited)
Dario MichaelisLydia's Guard (uncredited)
Ernesto MolinariFisherman (uncredited)
John MyhersGuard (uncredited)
Vincent NeptuneApostle (uncredited)
Anna Maria PadoanYoung Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)
Louis PayneApostle (uncredited)
Walter PidgeonNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Aldo PiniHeadkeeper (uncredited)
Alberto PlebaniSteward (uncredited)
Paola QuattriniCrying Girl (uncredited)
Dino RaffaelliMan (uncredited)
George RestivoApostle (uncredited)
Alfredo RizzoHairdresser (uncredited)
Amerigo SantarelliGuard Tying the Christians (uncredited)
Leonardo ScavinoMan (uncredited)
Alessandro SerbaroliOfficer (uncredited)
Bud SpencerImperial Guard (uncredited)
Raffaele TanaMan (uncredited)
Elizabeth TaylorChristian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
William TaylorGuard Captain / Marcus' Guard (uncredited)