In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

Preston Foster
as Marcus

Alan Hale
as Burbix

Basil Rathbone
as Pontius Pilate

John Wood
as Adult Flavius

Louis Calhern
as Prefect Allus Martius

David Holt
as Flavius as a Boy

Dorothy Wilson
as Clodia

Wyrley Birch
as Leaster

Frank Conroy
as Gaius Tanno (uncredited)

William V. Mong
as Cleon the Slave Dealer (uncredited)