Released:
1962-08-01

Overview:
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

Director:
Rudolph Maté

Runtime:
1h 54min

Genre:
Adventure, History, War

• Cast:
• 
  Richard Egan
  as
  King Leonidas
• 
  Ralph Richardson
  as
  Themistocles of Athens
• 
  Diane Baker
  as
  Ellas
• 
  Barry Coe
  as
  Phylon
• 
  David Farrar
  as
  Xerxes