The 300 Spartans
A small army of Greeks spearheaded by 300 Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian army.

Director: Rudolph Maté
Writers: George St. George, Ugo Liberatore (original story material) (as Ugo Liberatori) , 3 more credits »
Stars: Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker







Story line

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.