The Last Days of Pompeii

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merian C. Cooper
(uncredited)

Writing Credits

Ruth Rose
(screen play by)
Boris Ingster
(collaboration on adaptation)
James Ashmore Creelman
(original story by) and
Melville Baker
(original story by)
Jerry Hutchinson
(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
G.B. Stern
(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

Cast

Preston Foster
Marcus
Basil Rathbone
Pontius Pilate
David Holt
Flavius (As a Boy)
Alan Hale
Burbix
John Wood
Flavius (As a Man)
Louis Calhern
Prefect (Allus Martius)
Dorothy Wilson
Clodia
Wyrley Birch
Leaster
Betty Alden
Calpurnia
Bebe Allen
Woman
Agnes Anderson
Noblewoman in Prefect's Box
Sam Appel
Porridge Seller
Reginald Barlow
The Janitor of the Slave Market
Nathan Barragar
Prefect's Guard
Maurice Black
Attendant in Gladiators' Training Room
Ward Bond
Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator
Symona Boniface
Slave Auction Observer
Tom Brower
Runaway Slave
Everett Brown
Enslaved Black Chief with Son
Frank Conroy
Gaius Tanno
Douglas Cosgrove
Gaius' Steward
John Davidson
Phoebus
Elsie Dempsey
Citizen of Pompeii
Jimmy Dime
Heckling Gladiator
Curley Dresden
Cato the Gladiator
Jimmie Dundee
Abusive Soldier
Art Felix
Rider on Horseback
Helen Freeman
Martha
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Heckling Gladiator
Winston Hibler
Marcellus
Thomas E. Jackson
The Lanista
Bruce King
Scythian Prisoner
Murray Kinnell
Simon
Henry Kolker
Warder
Paul Kruger
Oarsman
Marc Loebell
Lucius
Theodore Lorch
Slaver
Cliff Lyons
Ostorius - a Gladiator
Michael Mark
Pompeii Nobleman
Edwin Maxwell
The Augur - a Pompeii Official
Margaret McWade
Calvus' Wife
Frank Mills
Arena Attendant
William V. Mong
Cleon
Jack Mulhall
Citizen of Pompeii
John T. Murray
Pilate's Servant
Princess Neeahtha
Specialty Dancer
Ole M. Ness
Drusus - Runaway Slave
Billy O'Brien
Sheep Boy
Martha O'Driscoll
Citizen of Pompeii
Marie Osborne
Citizen
Warner Richmond
Captain of the Guard
Jason Robards Sr.
Tax Gatherer
Sam Savitsky
Rider on Horseback
Gloria Shea
Julia
Charles Sullivan
Citizen cheated at dice
Jim Thorpe
Spectator Tossing Coins
Zeffie Tilbury
The Wise Woman
Edward Van Sloan
Calvus
Buster Wiles
Gladiator
Hannah Williams
Citizen of Pompeii
Harry Woods
Barbarian

Produced by

Merian C. Cooper
producer

Music by

Roy Webb

Cinematography by

J. Roy Hunt
(photographed by)
Jack Cardiff
(uncredited)

Editing by

Archie Marshek
(as Archie F. Marshek)

Art Direction by

Van Nest Polglase

Costume Design by

Aline Bernstein

Makeup Department

Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist (uncredited)
Howard Smit
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ivan Thomas
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Byron L. Crabbe
art technician (as Byron Crabbe)
Alfred Herman
associate art director (as Al Herman)
Thomas Little
set dresser
Aloys Bohnen
art work (uncredited)

Sound Department

Walter Elliott
sound effects
Clem Portman
sound recordist

Special Effects by

Harry Redmond Sr.
special effects (as Harry Redmond)
Harry Redmond Jr.
special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Vernon L. Walker
photographic effects (as Vernon Walker)
Marcel Delgado
miniatures (uncredited)

Stunts

Yakima Canutt
stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
stunts (uncredited)
Buster Wiles
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Eddie Linden Jr.
photographic technician (as Eddie Linden)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Philip Faulkner Jr.
music recordist (as P.J. Faulkner Jr.)
Maurice De Packh
orchestrator (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer
orchestrator (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman
musician: violin (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun
composer: stock music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Steiner
composer: stock music (uncredited)
Roy Webb
musical director (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Willis H. O'Brien
chief technician (as Willis O'Brien)
John Speaks
production associate
Russell Lewis
director: dance numbers (uncredited)
Elizabeth McGaffey
researcher (uncredited)
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