The 300 Spartans
6.5
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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Cast
22 people
Richard Egan
King Leonidas
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Ralph Richardson
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Diane Baker
Ellas
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Barry Coe
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David Farrar
Xerxes
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Anne Wakefield
Artemisa
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Anna Synodinou
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Robert Brown
Pentheus
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Laurence Naismith
First Delegate
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Ivan Triesault
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Charles Fawcett
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Rudolph Maté Director · Remigio Del Grosso Writer Gian Paolo Callegari Writer
Worldwide gross $77M · Budget $1.4M · United States release August 1, 1962
Box office
Budget
$1,350,000
Worldwide gross
$76,520,000
Gross vs. budget
56.7×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Germany · August 1, 1962
Theatrical
United States · August 1, 1962
Theatrical
France
August 1, 1962 · Theatrical
Italy
October 11, 2005 · Physical · DVD
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