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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

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Talking Pictures TV

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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) box art Religious epic about a Roman slave of extraordinary strength who is charged with protecting the robe Christ wore to the Cross. After his capture by the mad Caligula, his faith is tested by trials of strength and the seductive powers of a beautiful woman, but it is an innocent girl who eventually drives him to renounce God and seek to avenge her cruel fate. A sequel to the 1953 costume drama The Robe.