Directed by:
Rudolph MatéScreenplay:
George St. GeorgeCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Manos HatzidakisCast:
Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Donald Houston, Anna Synodinou, Kieron Moore, Laurence Naismith, Charles Fawcett (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Based on actual event occurring in 480 B.C. Greece. This scintillating drama stars Richard Egan as the Greek soldier Leonidas, who led 300 Spartan soldiers against an overwhelming Persian army in the Battle of Thermopylae.
Unable to recruit the soldiers he needs to defend a critical Greek mountain pass against Persia's King Xerxes, Leonidas nonetheless prepares for battle. When warned that the number of arrows his tiny army will face "will blot out the sun", Leonidas replies that his army will "fight in the shade."
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Richard Egan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281034_cfe452.jpg)
Richard Egan
USA
Best movies:
The Amsterdam Kill (1977)
Hollywood Story (1951)
Underwater! (1955)
![Ralph Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653272_360425.jpg)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![Diane Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/510/161510077_bb0858.jpg)
Diane Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
![Barry Coe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/832/160832037_e89853.gif)
Barry Coe
USA
Best movies:
Peyton Place (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
![David Farrar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394670_d6ff0a.jpg)
David Farrar
UK
Best movies:
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
![Donald Houston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455779_d217ab.jpg)
Donald Houston
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Anna Synodinou
Greece
Best movies:
The 300 Spartans (1962)
![Kieron Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421423_0ebff8.jpg)
Kieron Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
![Laurence Naismith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494629_a4957e.jpg)
Laurence Naismith
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
Man with a Million (1954)
![Charles Fawcett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445216_cd517b.jpg)
Charles Fawcett
USA
Best movies:
War and Peace (1956)
Come September (1961)
Barabbas (1961)
![John Crawford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/513/159513783_cc4e71.jpg)
John Crawford
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Ivan Triesault](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/592/159592322_6b5d32.jpg)
Ivan Triesault
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Notorious (1946)
John G. Contes
Best movies:
The 300 Spartans (1962)
![Robert Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/908/160908784_d2b2f0.gif)
Robert Brown
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
The 3rd Man (1949)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Dimos Starenios
Egypt
Best movies:
He Who Must Die (1957)
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
Weak Spot (1975)
![Michalis Nikolinakos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/331/163331452_0a94ed.jpg)
Michalis Nikolinakos
Greece
Best movies:
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Sandro Giglio
Best movies:
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
House of Bamboo (1955)
Yorgos Moutsios
Greece
Best movies:
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Zannino
Turkey
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Young Aphrodites (1963)
The 300 Spartans (1962)
Kostas Baladimas
Best movies:
Weak Spot (1975)
The 300 Spartans (1962)