Quo Vadis
Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.
Drama, History, Romance
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Robert Taylor as Marcus Vinicius, Deborah Kerr as Lygia, Leo Genn as Petronius, Peter Ustinov as Nero, Patricia Laffan as Poppaea, Finlay Currie as Peter, Abraham Sofaer as Paul, Marina Berti as Eunice, Buddy Baer as Ursus, Felix Aylmer as Plautius, Nora Swinburne as Pomponia, Ralph Truman as Tigellinus, Norman Wooland as Nerva, Rosalie Crutchley as Acte, Elspeth March as Miriam, Sophia Loren as Lygia's Slave (uncredited), Elizabeth Taylor as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited), Bud Spencer as Imperial Guard (uncredited), Walter Pidgeon as Narrator, John Myhers as Guard, Alfredo Rizzo as Hairdresser, Leslie Bradley as Hasta - 2nd Praetorian, Adrienne Corri as Young Christian Girl, Enzo Fiermonte as Mounted Captain, Robin Hughes as Christ, Helena Makowska as Older Woman, Liana Del Balzo as , Joanna Griffiths as , Peter Miles as Nazarius, Geoffrey Dunn as Terpnos, Nicholas Hannen as Seneca, D.A. Clarke-Smith as Phaon, John Ruddock as Chilo, Strelsa Brown as Rufia, Alfredo Varelli as Lucan, William Tubbs as Anaxander, Pietro Tordi as Galba, Clelia Matania as Parmenida, Alfred Baillou as Christian Prisoner in Arena, Scott R. Beal as Fisherman, Michael Mark as Fisherman, Jack George as Fisherman, Ernesto Molinari as Fisherman, Dino Galvani as Senator, Carlo Borelli as Noble, John Binns as Officer, Alessandro Serbaroli as Officer, Dario Michaelis as Lydia Guard, Kenneth W. Richardson as Guard, Richard McNamara as Legionnaire, Jack Del Rio as Apostle, Philip Kieffer as Apostle, Louis Payne as Apostle, Al Ferguson as Apostle, Lia Di Leo as Pedicurist, Aldo Pini as Headkeeper, Adriano Ambrogi as Wine Bibber, Enrico Formichi as Man with Wine Cup, Giovanni Lovatelli as Banquet Man, Richard Garrick as Slave, Scilla Vannucci as White Slave Girl, Anna Maria Padoan as Young Unbaptized Woman, Alberto Plebani as Steward, Anna Arena as , Alfred Brown as , Frank Colson as , Franco Fantasia as , Philip Kieffer as , Harriet Medin as , Leonardo Scavino as , Maria Zanoli as , Harry J. Vejar as , Dianora Veiga as , Giuseppe Varni as , Carlo Tricoli as , David Craig as Little Boy