The 300 Spartans (1962)
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 as King Leonidas
- Ralph Richardson as Themistocles of Athens
- Diane Baker as Ellas
- Barry Coe as Phylon
- David Farrar as Xerxes
- Anne Wakefield as Artemisa
- Donald Houston as Hydarnes
- Anna Synodinou as Gorgo
- Robert Brown as Pentheus
- Laurence Naismith as First Delegate