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Quo Vadis

1951 Drama film Sword-and-sandal film

Quo Vadis is a 1951 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It stars Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov and others.

Crew & production

Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Screenwriters
Henryk Sienkiewicz, John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien
Producer
Sam Zimbalist
Directors of photography
Robert L. Surtees, William V. Skall
Composer
Miklós Rózsa
Editor
Ralph E. Winters
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original language
English
Budget
$7.6 million

Trailer

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Top cast

45 people

Robert Taylor

Marcus Vinicius

Deborah Kerr

Lygia
Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Nero

Leo Genn

Petronius

Patricia Laffan

Poppaea Sabina

Finlay Currie

Saint Peter

Felix Aylmer

Aulus Plautius, Plautius

Abraham Sofaer

Paul the Apostle, Paul

Marina Berti

Eunice

William Tubbs

Anaxander

Anna Arena

Role not listed

Adrienne Corri

Christian girl

More cast

  • Liana Del Balzo
  • Lia Di Leo
  • Franco Fantasia
  • Enzo Fiermonte
  • Sophia Loren Lygian slave
  • Helena Makowska
  • Clelia Matania Parmenida
  • Walter Pidgeon Narrator
  • Bud Spencer Imperial Guard
  • Elizabeth Taylor Christian prisoner
  • Pietro Tordi Galba
  • Giuseppe Tosi wrestler
  • Maria Zanoli
  • Giulio Donnini
  • Nora Swinburne Pomponia Graecina, Pomponia
  • Norman Wooland Nerva
  • Buddy Baer Ursus
  • Peter Miles Nazarius
  • Ralph Truman Tigellinus
  • Richard Garrick Public Slave
  • Rosalie Crutchley Claudia Acte, Acte
  • Alfredo Varelli Lucan
  • Leslie Bradley
  • Aldo Pini
  • Alfred Baillou
  • Al Ferguson
  • Robin Hughes Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth in flashback tableaux
  • Nicholas Hannen Seneca
  • D. A. Clarke-Smith Phaon
  • John Ruddock Chilo
  • Elspeth March Miriam
  • Marika Aba Assyrian Dancer
  • Christopher Lee Chariot driver

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q938137), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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