Demetrius and the Gladiators

After an opening from The Robe, in which doomed Richard Burton and Jean Simmons hand off the garment worn by Jesus, Michael Rennie as Peter has custody, at their funeral, fellow mourner Victor Mature (title character) next in line, in the hit sequel Demetrius And The Gladiators, 1954.

Demetrius (Victor Mature) amd Glycon (William Marshall) are the last men standing in the fight for emperor Caligula (Barry Jones), his uncle Claudius (Jay Robinson) and his lusting wife Messalina (Susan Hayward) attending, in the sequel to The Robe, Demetrius And The Gladiators, 1954.

Trainer Ernest Borgnine is briefing new recruits including captured Christian Demetrius (Victor Mature) when wobbly Claudius (Barry Jones) and his enthusiastic wife Messalina (Susan Hayward) arrive to review candidates for a fight before the emperor, in Demetrius And The Gladiators, 1954.

Victor Mature is sentenced to be a gladiator in the sequel to The Robe, Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954).