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The futile yet inspiring stand of 300 Greek soldiers against the hugest army ever assembled in the ancient world inspired this typical example of Ho...(read more...) llywood epic movie-making. King Leonidas of Sparta (Richard Egan, Demetrius and the Gladiators), prevented by political squabbling from sending his entire army to defend the narrow pass of Thermopylae, sets out with his personal bodyguard to fight off the ambitious Persian king, Xerxes. Along the way are a pair of young lovers, scantily clad dancing girls, and treachery though a secret mountain path. The 300 Spartans, made in 1961, has an overstated cold war subtext--there's much talk of freedom vs. slavery--and there are a few too many shots of armored men marching through the Greek countryside, but the historical conflict has a fundamentally stirring quality. Also featuring Sir Ralph Richardson (Dr. Zhivago, Dragonslayer) as a wily Athenian politician. --Bret Fetzer

Director: Anna Synodinou, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Diane Baker, Donald Houston, John Crawford, Kieron Moore, Laurence Naismith, Ralph Richardson, Richard Egan, Robert Brown, Rudolph Mat?

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 114 min.

Release Date: Jan 01, 1962

Cast: Anna Synodinou, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Diane Baker, Donald Houston, John Crawford, Kieron Moore, Laurence Naismith, Ralph Richardson, Richard Egan, Robert Brown