The Sign of the Cross

A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.

Cast

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

Reviews

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With Nero (Charles Laughton) on the throne of Rome and his scheming Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert) almost as maniacal as he, we enter a city on day three of the great conflagration. The emperor is more concerned by a broken string on his lyre as Tigellinus (Ian Keith) brings him disastrous news...

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