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The 300 Spartans
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.
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Synopsis
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.
More about The 300 Spartans
Cast
Richard EganKing Leonidas
Ralph RichardsonThemistocles of Athens
Diane BakerEllas
Barry CoePhylon
David FarrarXerxes
Anne WakefieldArtemisa
Donald HoustonHydarnes
Anna SynodinouGorgoCredits
- Directed by
- Rudolph Maté
- Written by
- Remigio Del Grosso, Gian Paolo Callegari
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $76.5M
Production
20th Century FoxUnited States
