The Last Days of Pompeii (miniseries)

For other uses, see The Last Days of Pompeii (disambiguation).

The Last Days of Pompeii is an Italian-American 1984 television miniseries filmed at Pinewood Studios and Italy. It was aired on ABC-TV and Rai, adapting the 1834 novel of the same name by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It was the second English-language adaptation of the book for film or television (previously adapted mainly in Italian; the 1935 RKO film was unrelated to the novel and the 1900 adaptation by Walter R. Booth, while the first cinematic adaptation in English was a short film).

The Last Days of Pompeii
Based on	novel of the same name by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Written by	Carmen Culver
Directed by	Peter R. Hunt
Starring	Ned Beatty Brian Blessed Ernest Borgnine Olivia Hussey
Music by	Trevor Jones
Country of origin	Italy United Kingdom United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	David Gerber
Producers	William Hill Richard Irving
Cinematography	Jack Cardiff
Editors	Michael Ellis Richard Marden
Running time	310 minutes
Production companies	RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana David Gerber Productions Centerpoint Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 6 (1984-05-06) – May 8, 1984 (1984-05-08)

On June 5, 2012, Sony released the mini-series on DVD.^[1]

Cast

Actor	Name	Description
Tony Anholt	Lepidus	A Roman noble; friend of Glaucus, Clodius and Sallust.
Ned Beatty	Diomed	A wealthy merchant; married to Lucretia and the father of Julia.
Joyce Blair	Lucretia	A wealthy Roman; married to Diomed and mother to Julia.
Brian Blessed	Olinthus	A blacksmith and devout Christian.
Ernest Borgnine	Marcus	A slave owner.
Peter Cellier	Calenus	A priest of Isis; brother to Burbo.
Nicholas Clay	Glaucus	A Greek noble; love interest to Ione.
George Claydon	Philos	A Greek dwarf artist.
Brian Coburn	Burbo	A tavern owner; brother of Calenus and married to Stratonice.
Francesca Romana Coluzzi	Stratonice	A brothel owner; married to Burbo
Brian Croucher	Melior	A gladiator.
Lesley-Anne Down	Chloe	A prostitute with a young son; in love with Petrus.
Christopher Ellison	Drusus	A Roman soldier.
Howard Goorney	Joseph	A Christian missionary.
Stephen Greif	Sporus	A gladiator.
Olivia Hussey	Ione	A soon to be priestess of Isis; sister of Antonius, and love interest to Glaucus.
Malcolm Jamieson	Petrus	A slave to Diomed; in love with Chloe.
Howard Lang	Medon	A slave to Diomed; father of Lydon.
Jill Melford	Lucinda	A Roman Noble.
Catriona MacColl	Julia	A wealthy Roman; the daughter of Diomed and Lucretia and love interest to Clodius.
Siobhán McKenna	Fortunata	A Roman noble; married to Gaius.
Franco Nero	Arbaces	The Egyptian High Priest of the Cult of Isis.
Laurence Olivier	Gaius	A former senator from Rome; married to Fortunata.
Linda Purl	Nydia	A blind slave; love interest to Lydon.
Anthony Quayle	Quintus	The head Magistrate of Pompeii.
Michael Quill	Catus	An assistant to Olinthus; a child
Duncan Regehr	Lydon	A gladiator and former slave; love interest to Nydia.
David Robb	Sallust	A Roman noble; friend of Glaucus, Clodius and Lepidus.
Barry Stokes	Gar	A Germanic gladiator.
Gerry Sundquist	Clodius	A poor Roman noble and poet; love interest to Julia.
Benedict Taylor	Antonius	A priest of Isis; brother of Ione.
Marilu Tolo	Xenia	A prostitute; Calenus is a regular client of hers.