The 300 Spartans (1962)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Rudolph Maté
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, David Farrar, Diane Baker
Synopsis: In 480 BC Leonidas of Sparta leads his select band of warriors to guard a narrow pass in northern Greece against the advance of Xerxes and his invading Persian force. It is a delaying action, to buy time for the other Greek states to organize themselves, and they do not hope to return.
Review: Slightly stilted peplum-style spectacle with handsome Greek locations and British actors in the bit parts. As with the Alamo, however, it is the kind of entertainment Hollywood did very well: overwhelming odds and awesome costumes.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Rudolph Maté
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, David Farrar, Diane Baker
Synopsis: In 480 BC Leonidas of Sparta leads his select band of warriors to guard a narrow pass in northern Greece against the advance of Xerxes and his invading Persian force. It is a delaying action, to buy time for the other Greek states to organize themselves, and they do not hope to return.
Review: Slightly stilted peplum-style spectacle with handsome Greek locations and British actors in the bit parts. As with the Alamo, however, it is the kind of entertainment Hollywood did very well: overwhelming odds and awesome costumes.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Rudolph Maté
Cast: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, David Farrar, Diane Baker
Synopsis: In 480 BC Leonidas of Sparta leads his select band of warriors to guard a narrow pass in northern Greece against the advance of Xerxes and his invading Persian force. It is a delaying action, to buy time for the other Greek states to organize themselves, and they do not hope to return.
Review: Slightly stilted peplum-style spectacle with handsome Greek locations and British actors in the bit parts. As with the Alamo, however, it is the kind of entertainment Hollywood did very well: overwhelming odds and awesome costumes.