Quo Vadis

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Scene from the film Quo Vadis (1951) with Peter Ustinov as Nero seated on an ornate couch, gesturing, and Leo Genn as Petronius standing left in Roman attire, with guards behind them.

Quo Vadis

film by LeRoy [1951]

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Mervyn LeRoy
At Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Random Harvest, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, and Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis (1951), MGM’s $7 million epic about the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Nero, had actually been initiated in 1949 with John Huston directing, but LeRoy took over the production, which was filmed on location in Rome over six grueling months. The…
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Quo Vadis (1951), MGM’s $7 million epic about the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Nero, had actually been initiated in 1949 with John Huston directing, but LeRoy took over the production, which was filmed on location in Rome over six grueling months. The…
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Peter Ustinov
…the Roman emperor Nero in Quo Vadis? (1951) and was twice the recipient of best supporting actor Oscars—for Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964). Other memorable film roles include his turns as a ringmaster in Lola Montès (1955), a comic convict sidekick to Humphrey Bogart in We’re No Angels (1955), Captain…
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…the Roman emperor Nero in Quo Vadis? (1951) and was twice the recipient of best supporting actor Oscars—for Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964). Other memorable film roles include his turns as a ringmaster in Lola Montès (1955), a comic convict sidekick to Humphrey Bogart in We’re No Angels (1955), Captain…
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