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The Last Days of Pompeii

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The Last Days of Pompeii

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This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.

Date: 05/06/1984
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Linda Purl, Anthony Quayle, Duncan Regehr, Laurence Olivier, Benedict Taylor, Gerry Sundquist, Catriona MacColl, Malcolm Jamieson, Tony Anholt, David Robb, Stephen Greif, Peter Cellier, Barry Stokes, Howard Lang, Joyce Blair, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Brian Croucher, Marilù Tolo, Ned Beatty, Brian Blessed, Franco Nero, Lesley-Anne Down, Nicholas Clay, Siobhán McKenna, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia Hussey

Linda Purl as Nydia in The Last Days of Pompeii Linda Purl

Anthony Quayle as Quintus in The Last Days of Pompeii Anthony Quayle

Duncan Regehr as Lydon in The Last Days of Pompeii Duncan Regehr

Laurence Olivier as Gaius in The Last Days of Pompeii Laurence Olivier

Benedict Taylor as Antonius in The Last Days of Pompeii Benedict Taylor

Gerry Sundquist as Clodius in The Last Days of Pompeii Gerry Sundquist

Catriona MacColl as Julia in The Last Days of Pompeii Catriona MacColl

Malcolm Jamieson

Tony Anholt as Lepidus in The Last Days of Pompeii Tony Anholt

David Robb as Sallust in The Last Days of Pompeii David Robb

Stephen Greif as Sporus in The Last Days of Pompeii Stephen Greif

Peter Cellier as Calenus in The Last Days of Pompeii Peter Cellier

Barry Stokes as Gar in The Last Days of Pompeii Barry Stokes

Howard Lang as Medon in The Last Days of Pompeii Howard Lang

Joyce Blair

Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Stratonice in The Last Days of Pompeii Francesca Romana Coluzzi

Brian Croucher as Melior in The Last Days of Pompeii Brian Croucher

Marilù Tolo as Xenia in The Last Days of Pompeii Marilù Tolo

Ned Beatty as Diomed in The Last Days of Pompeii Ned Beatty

Brian Blessed as Olinthus in The Last Days of Pompeii Brian Blessed

Franco Nero as Arbaces in The Last Days of Pompeii Franco Nero

Lesley-Anne Down as Chloe in The Last Days of Pompeii Lesley-Anne Down

Nicholas Clay as Glaucus in The Last Days of Pompeii Nicholas Clay

Siobhán McKenna as Fortunata in The Last Days of Pompeii Siobhán McKenna

Ernest Borgnine as Marcus in The Last Days of Pompeii Ernest Borgnine

Olivia Hussey as Ione in The Last Days of Pompeii Olivia Hussey