The 300 Spartans poster
Director Rudolph Maté
Writer Gian Paolo Callegari, Remigio Del Grosso

The 300 Spartans

Release Date: 1962-08-01

Duration: 114 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Diane Baker
    Ellas
  • John Crawford
    Agathon the Spartan Spy
  • Richard Egan
    King Leonidas
  • Ralph Richardson
    Themistocles of Athens
  • Donald Houston
    Hydarnes
  • Laurence Naismith
    First Delegate
  • Ivan Triesault
    Demaratus
  • David Farrar
    Xerxes
  • Dimos Starenios
    Samos
  • Kieron Moore
    Ephialtes