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The Sign of the Cross
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6.5(57)19322h 6m
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Writers
- Sidney Buchman,Waldemar Young
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Cast
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)
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Crew
Directing
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector
- Edward SalvenAssistant Director
- Mitchell LeisenAssistant Director
Writing
- Sidney BuchmanScreenplay
- Waldemar YoungScreenplay
- Wilson BarrettTheatre Play
Production
- Roy BurnsProduction Manager
- Cecil B. DeMilleProducer
Camera
- Karl StrussDirector of Photography
- Otto DyarStill Photographer
Editing
- Anne BauchensEditor
Sound
- Treg BrownSound Effects Editor
- Jay ChernisMusic
- Milan RoderMusic
- Paul MarquardtMusic
- Rudolph G. KoppMusic
- Harry LindgrenSound
Art
- Mitchell LeisenArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- James CollinsMakeup Artist
- Mitchell LeisenCostume Design