Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius hides the Robe of Christ, becomes a renowned gladiator and bodyguard, renounces Christianity and has an affair with Messalina, but later retrieves the Robe and returns it to its rightful owners at the command of the new emperor Claudius. Demetrius and the Gladiators is a 1954 American English-language Action Drama motion picture featuring Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, William Marshall, Debra Paget, Anne Bancroft and Mario Novelli. 20th Century Fox was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Frank Ross. Demetrius and the Gladiators is written by Philip Dunne and Lloyd C. Douglas and it is directed by Delmer Daves. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Demetrius and the Gladiators was released on 9th September 1954 and takes a screen time of 101 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Demetrius and the Gladiators was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $26 million. Cinematography was done by Milton R. Krasner and editing by Robert Fritch and Dorothy Spencer. The music was composed by Franz Waxman.