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The Sign of the Cross
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
1932
2h 4m
Not Rated
Drama
,
History
6.8
55%
64%
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A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
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Cast of The Sign of the Cross
Fredric March
Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa Landi
Mercia
Claudette Colbert
Empress Poppaea
Charles Laughton
Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Ian Keith
Tigellinus
Arthur Hohl
Titus
Harry Beresford
Favius Fontelas
Tommy Conlon
Stephan
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Glabrio
Vivian Tobin
Dacia
William V. Mong
Licinius
Joyzelle Joyner
Ancaria
Richard Alexander
Viturius
Nat Pendleton
Strabo
Clarence Burton
Servillius
Harold Healy
Tybul
Robert Seiter
Philodemus
Charles Middleton
Tyros
Henry Brandon
Colosseum Spectator (uncredited)
John Carradine
Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Sally Rand
Crocodiles' Victim (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Tom Tully
Hoboken (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Bettor of 300 Silver
The Sign of the Cross Reviews
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus
Bryant Frazer
The film's generous helpings of sex and violence are overwhelmed by its general air of condescension and phony piety.
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
The Caligula of its day.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
This early, pre-code Cecil B. DeMille spectacular is famous for pretending to be a religious epic, while actually being full of sex and violence.
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
an effective portrait of human sadism as entertainment, although it is hard not to feel confused as to whether we're watching Rome's sadism or DeMille's
JWR
James Wegg
Each god is only a fantasy
Variety
Variety Staff
Cast is uniformly good, but only one exceptional performance is registered. That's Laughton's.
48 Hills
Dennis Harvey
All jaw-dropping is premature, however, before the real climax here...
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