Quo Vadis poster
Director Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, John Lee Mahin

Quo Vadis

Tagline: THIS IS THE BIG ONE! The splendor and savagery of the world's wickedest empire! Three hours of spectacle you'll remember for a lifetime!

Release Date: 1951-11-08

Duration: 171 minutes

Synopsis

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Casting

  • Deborah Kerr
    Lygia
  • Christopher Lee
    Chariot Driver (uncredited)
  • Sophia Loren
    Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
  • Bud Spencer
    Imperial Guard (uncredited)
  • Elizabeth Taylor
    Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
  • Peter Ustinov
    Nero
  • Finlay Currie
    Peter
  • Felix Aylmer
    Plautius
  • Adrienne Corri
    Young Christian Girl (uncredited)
  • Walter Pidgeon
    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)