The 300 Spartans

The 300 Spartans — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 1, 1962
• Runtime
• 114 min
• Genres
• Adventure, History, War
• Director
• Rudolph Maté

The 300 Spartans — Cast

Richard Egan King Leonidas Ralph Richardson Themistocles of Athens Diane Baker Ellas Barry Coe Phylon David Farrar Xerxes Anne Wakefield Artemisa Donald Houston Hydarnes Anna Synodinou Gorgo