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The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans (1962)

1h 54m | PG-13

⭐ 6.4 / 10

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.

Director: Rudolph Maté

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Adventure, History, War

Video: 720p

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Cast

Richard Egan

Richard Egan

as King Leonidas

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

as Themistocles of Athens

Diane Baker

Diane Baker

as Ellas

Barry Coe

Barry Coe

as Phylon

David Farrar

David Farrar

as Xerxes

Anne Wakefield

Anne Wakefield

as Artemisa