Quo Vadis (1951)
| Release Date | 08 November 1951 |
| Budget | $8,000,000 |
| Tagline | Three Years in the Making! Thousands in the Cast! Filmed in Rome! |
| Genre | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Historical Epic, Religious Epic, Sword-and-Sandal |
| Niche Genre | Epic, Historical Film |
| Themes | Star-Crossed Lovers, Heroic Mission, Crowned Heads, Rise To Power |
| Tones | Passionate, Lavish, Forceful, Sweeping, Earnest |
| Tags | Arena, Christianity, Decadence, Emperor, Gladiator, Lion, Persecution, Roman, Romance |
Quo Vadis is a 1951 epic film made by MGM. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist, from a screenplay by John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, adapted from Henryk Sienkiewicz classic 1896 novel Quo Vadis. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees and William V. Skall. The title refers to an incident in the Acts of Peter; see Quo Vadis?.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Buddy Baer
Ursus
Ralph Truman
Tigellinus
Norman Wooland
Nerva
Geoffrey Dunn
Terpnos
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Phaon
Rosalie Crutchley
Acte
John Ruddock
Chilo
Arthur Walge
Croton
Strelsa Brown
Rufia
Alfredo Varelli
Lucan
Roberto Ottaviano
Flavius
William Tubbs
Anaxander
Pietro Tordi
Galba
Marika Aba
Dancer
Adriano Ambrogi
Wine Bibber
Anna Arena
Bit part
Alfred Baillou
Christian prisoner in arena
Giacomo Barnas
Senator
Scott R. Beal
Fisherman
Francesca Biondi
Slave Girl
Carlo Borelli
Noble
Leslie Bradley
Hasta - 2nd Praetorian
Alfred Brown
Bit part
Valentino Bruchi
Mirmillon
Dante Ciriaci
Wine Bibber
Frank Colson
Bit part
Luca Cortese
Old Man
Daniel De Jonghe
Apostle
Liana Del Balzo
Bit part
Jack Del Rio
Apostle
Franco Fantasia
Bit part
Cesare Fasulo
Noble
Al Ferguson
Apostle
Enrico Formichi
Man with Wine Cup
John Fostini
Young Unbaptized Man
Dino Galvani
Senator
Richard Garrick
Slave
Jack George
Fisherman
Carlo Ghisini
Guard
Trudy Glassford
Bit Part
Joan Griffiths
Bit part
Robin Hughes
Christ
Adam Jennette
Bit part
Philip Kieffer
Apostle
Gipsy Kiss
Slave Girl
Lee Kresel
Bit part
Richard Larke
Guard
Giovanni Lovatelli
Banquet Man
Anna Mancini
Nubian Slave Girl
Michael Mark
Fisherman
Clelia Matania
Parmenida
Richard McNamara
Legionnaire
Harriet Medin
Bit part
Dario Michaelis
Lydia Guard
Ernesto Morelli
Fisherman
John Myhers
Guard
Vincent Neptune
Apostle
Anna Maria Padoan
Young Unbaptized Woman
Louis Payne
Apostle
Aldo Pini
Headkeeper
Alberto Plebani
Steward
Dino Raffaelli
Bit part
George Restive
Apostle
Leonardo Scavino
Bit part
Alessandro Serbaroli
Officer
Jane Sprague
Banquet Lady
Raffaele Tana
Bit part
William Taylor
Marcus Guard, Guard Captain
Michael Tor
Centurian
Giuseppe Tosi
Wrestler
Carlo Tricoli
Apostle
Renato Valente
Guard
Giuseppe Varni
Hairdresser
Dianora Veiga
Slave Girl
Harry J. Vejar
Fisherman
Maria Zanoli
Bit part
Director
Anthony Mann
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Producer
S.N. Behrman
screenplay
Sam Zimbalist
producer
Original Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematographer
William V. Skall
Robert Surtees
Editor
Ralph E. Winters
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Casting Director
Irene Howard
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Art Director
Edward C. Carfagno
William A. Horning
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Set Decorator
Hugh Hunt
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Elso Valentini
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Costume Designer
Herschel McCoy
Makeup Department
Joan Johnstone
hair stylist recreator
Charles E. Parker
makeup supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Art Department
Mentor Huebner
storyboard artist
Italo Tomassi
set designer
Sound Department
Special Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects
Tom Howard
special effects
Donald Jahraus
special effects
Visual Effects
Peter Ellenshaw
matte artist
Camera and Electrical Department
George Pink
camera operator
John Schmitz
camera operator
Music Department
Eugene Zador
orchestrator
Transportation Department
Eddie Frewin
unit driver
Other Crew
Hugh Gray
historical advisor
Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant
Auriel Millos
choreographer
Marta Obolensky
choreographer
Production Company
MGM-International Dist.
Distributor
MGM-International Dist.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
ClassicLine
CBS Television
Warner Home Vídeo
Argentina Video Home
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Cinema International Corporation (CIC)
Esselte Video
MGM Home Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy
Warner Bros.
Warner Home Video
Yleisradio (YLE)
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