The 300 Spartans(1962)

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

Genre: Adventure, History, War

Director: Rudolph Maté

Actors: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker, Barry Coe, David Farrar, Donald Houston, Anna Synodinou, Kieron Moore, John Crawford, Robert Brown

Release date: 1962-08-01

Country of origin: United States of America

Length: 1h 54m

Ratings:

• 6.5/10