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The Last Days of Pompeii

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Plot

This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.

Cast

Linda Purl as Nydia
Linda Purl

as Nydia

Anthony Quayle as Quintus
Anthony Quayle

as Quintus

Duncan Regehr as Lydon
Duncan Regehr

as Lydon

Laurence Olivier as Gaius
Benedict Taylor as Antonius
Benedict Taylor

as Antonius

Gerry Sundquist as Clodius
Gerry Sundquist

as Clodius

Catriona MacColl as Julia
Malcolm Jamieson as Petrus
Malcolm Jamieson

as Petrus

Tony Anholt as Lepidus
Tony Anholt

as Lepidus

David Robb as Sallust
David Robb

as Sallust

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • May 6, 1984

Last Aired Date

  • May 8, 1984

Production Companies

  • Centerpoint

  • Columbia Pictures Television

  • RAI

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 3

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