The 300 Spartans (1962)

6.5/10 114 min Adventure History War

Overview

The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.

Cast

Richard Egan

King Leonidas

Ralph Richardson

Themistocles of Athens

Diane Baker

Ellas

Barry Coe

Phylon

David Farrar

Xerxes

Anne Wakefield

Artemisa

Donald Houston

Hydarnes

Anna Synodinou

Gorgo

Robert Brown

Pentheus

Laurence Naismith

First Delegate

Ivan Triesault

Demaratus

Charles Fawcett

Megistias

Michalis Nikolinakos

Myron

Sandro Giglio

Xenathon

Anna Raftopoulou

Toris

Dimos Starenios

Samos

Yorgos Moutsios

Demophilus of Thespiae

Kostas Baladimas

Zannino

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