The 300 Spartans

Rudolph Maté
1962-08-01


6.4
114 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Richard Egan King Leonidas Unowned
Ralph Richardson Themistocles of Athens Unowned
Diane Baker Ellas Unowned
Barry Coe Phylon Unowned
David Farrar Xerxes Unowned
Anne Wakefield Artemisa Unowned
Donald Houston Hydarnes Unowned
Anna Synodinou Gorgo Unowned
Robert Brown Pentheus Unowned
Laurence Naismith First Delegate Unowned
Ivan Triesault Demaratus Unowned
Charles Fawcett Megistias Unowned
Michalis Nikolinakos Myron Unowned
Sandro Giglio Xenathon Unowned
Anna Raftopoulou Toris Unowned
Dimos Starenios Samos Unowned
Yorgos Moutsios Demophilus of Thespiae Unowned
Nikos Papakonstantinou Grellas Unowned
Kostas Baladimas Unowned
Zannino Unowned
Kieron Moore Ephialtes Unowned
John Crawford Agathon the Spartan Spy Unowned