The 300 Spartans

1962
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1h 54m

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6.5/10

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Historical Epic Sword & Sandal Adventure Drama History War

A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.A small Army of Greeks spearheaded by three hundred Spartans do battle with the whole invading Persian Army.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

7.8K

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Trivia
Sir Ralph Richardson has only four scenes, despite being second billed.

Goofs
While most of the Spartans wear the correct headgear, Leonidas and his officers wear Roman legionnaire style helmets that wouldn't be around for about 200 years. (This may have been so that they could easily be identified.)

Quotes
Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: [Xerxes has sent an emissary to demand the Spartan surrender] yesterday, we only probed your positions. When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun!
Leonidas, Spartan King: Good; then we will fight in the shade.
Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: Leonidas; you cannot win this fight.
Leonidas, Spartan King: Every day we stand is another day for Greece.
[Starts to walk off]
Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: Leonidas, wait! Xerxes says that if you and your men lay down your arms, he will allow you to leave peaceably.
Leonidas, Spartan King: [In Greek] Come and take them!

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: In the Year 480 B.C. King Xerxes of Persia set in motion his enormous slave empire to crush the small group of independent Greek states-the only stronghold of freedom still remaining in the then known world . . .

Connections
Edited into The Time Tunnel: Revenge of the Gods (1966)

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My favorite all time movie

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1962, I believe, when I was just a kid and it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. As I got older there were a few mistakes in it that I noticed. One was, someone in the movie said that the Spartans fight like Machines. I don't think that the word machines or machines in general were invented then. I could be wrong though. A few other flaws but in my judgement it is one the finest army action fighting movies.Reading history books about the Persian wars it seems quite accurate.