Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Leo Genn

"Welcome to Nero's House of Women" greets a concubine to a slave girl, Lygia (Deborah Kerr). Later this self-same greeter reveals that she, too, like Lygia, is really a fellow Christian neophyte. And ...( read more  read more... )it's that mixture of tawdry Hollywood sex and a strong Christian message that makes this film an enjoyable "gentiles and gladiators" flick. Marcus Vinicius returns home after conquering the Britons to find that Rome is infected with a crazy new sect called Christians and that his beloved emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov, roly-poly and wicked) has become increasingly wacky. Marcus tries his centurion wiles on Lygia, and she's smitten, but she's also a Christian convert and begs Marcus not to force her to choose between him and her god. The Christians have a tough go of it, with martyrdom in the Coliseum as punishment for belonging to the new religion in town. Though three hours long, director Mervyn LeRoy's film always has something going on. It could help you enjoyably kill any rainy Sunday afternoon. --Keith Simanton

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Unrated, 171 min.

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date: February 23, 1951

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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008

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  • May 7, 2007
    Despite the swords and sandals, the core of this film is a stodgy and stiff-backed romantic melodrama combined with a preachy christian message. Peter Ustinov's Nero is fun, portraying him as an affable maniac but Robert Taylor is acting like he's reading off cue cards and as a w...( read more)hole, it's an overlong and crushing bore.
  • August 24, 2009
    Very hard to enjoy, just okay, barely.
  • May 26, 2009
    An excellent movie of good olden days
  • March 19, 2009
    Recommended movie to watch this Len
  • March 18, 2009
    luv stories .....they rock
  • February 18, 2009
    one of last great roman-epic films
  • January 5, 2009
    yup, no Liz taylor movie for me. She bores me to death.
  • July 16, 2008
    want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars, by NBR, and at the golden globes
  • April 26, 2008
    a childhood favourit film and book
  • March 17, 2008
    robert taylor is hot

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