Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators
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Directed by	Delmer Daves
Written by	Philip Dunne
Based on	Characters from The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Produced by	Frank Ross
Starring	Victor Mature Susan Hayward Michael Rennie Debra Paget Anne Bancroft Jay Robinson Barry Jones William Marshall Richard Egan Ernest Borgnine Charles Evans
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Robert Fritch Dorothy Spencer
Music by	Franz Waxman
Production company	20th Century-Fox
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	June 16, 1954 (1954-06-16) (Los Angeles)[1]
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.99 million[2]
Box office	$26,000,000[3]

Demetrius and the Gladiators is a 1954 American 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.

The movie presents Victor Mature as Demetrius, a Christian slave made to fight in the Roman arena as a gladiator, and Susan Hayward as Messalina, a reprobate who is the wife of Claudius, the uncle of the depraved emperor Caligula. The cast also features Ernest Borgnine, William Marshall, Michael Rennie, Jay Robinson as Caligula, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft in one of her earlier roles, and Julie Newmar as a briefly seen dancing entertainer. The film is in Technicolor and CinemaScope.