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The Sign of the Cross (1932) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Cecil B. DeMille ... (as Cecil B. De Mille)

Writing Credits  

Waldemar Young ... (screen play) and
Sidney Buchman ... (screen play)
 
Wilson Barrett ... (from the play by)
 
Dudley Nichols ... (1944 prologue) (uncredited)
Henryk Sienkiewicz ... (novel: source) (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Fredric March ... Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa Landi ... Mercia
Claudette Colbert ... Empress Poppaea
Charles Laughton ... Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Ian Keith ... Tigellinus
Arthur Hohl ... Titus
Harry Beresford ... Favius Fontelas
Tommy Conlon ... Stephan
Ferdinand Gottschalk ... Glabrio
Vivian Tobin ... Dacia
William V. Mong ... Licinius / Old Man Carrying Child
Joyzelle Joyner ... Ancaria (as Joyzelle)
Richard Alexander ... Viturius
Nat Pendleton ... Strabo
Clarence Burton ... Servillius
Harold Healy Harold Healy ... Tybul
Robert Seiter ... Philodemus (as Robert Manning)
Charles Middleton ... Tyros
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joel Allen Joel Allen ... Bombadier (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Mischa Auer ... Christian in Dungeon (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore ... Bettor of 300 Silver (uncredited)
True Boardman ... Nero's Slave (uncredited)
Marjorie Bonner ... Roman Woman (uncredited)
Joe Bonomo ... Mute Torturer (uncredited)
Henry Brandon ... Colosseum Spectator (uncredited)
George Bruggeman ... Nero's Slave (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter ... (uncredited)
John Carradine ... Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob / Voice of Roman (uncredited)
Lane Chandler ... Chained Christian (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford ... Christian Mother at Meeting (uncredited)
William Forrest ... Col. Hugh Mason (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Charles Gemora ... Gorilla (uncredited)
Wynne Gibson ... Orgy Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger ... (uncredited)
Carol Holloway ... (uncredited)
John James ... Lt. Herb Hanson (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Otto Lederer ... (uncredited)
Lillian Leighton ... Woman Getting Gold for Cup (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint ... Enthusiastic Spectator (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas ... (uncredited)
James Millican ... Capt. Kevin Driscoll - (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Gertrude Norman Gertrude Norman ... Christian (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Man Accepting 300 Silver Bet (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien ... Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien ... Man Who Heard Lions All Morning (uncredited)
Hal Price ... Spectator (uncredited)
Sally Rand ... Crocodiles' Victim (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts ... Sleeping Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Ridges ... Chaplain Lloyd (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto ... Impaled Pygmy (uncredited)
Ynez Seabury ... Little Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Shields ... Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Jerome Storm Jerome Storm ... (uncredited)
Kent Taylor ... Romantic Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Thorndike Oliver Thorndike ... Lt. Robert Hammond (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Tom Tully ... Hoboken (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Florence Turner ... Christian (uncredited)
Ethel Wales ... Complaining Wife (uncredited)

Produced by 

Cecil B. DeMille ... producer (uncredited)

Music by 

Jay Chernis ... (uncredited)
Rudolph G. Kopp ... (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... (uncredited)
Milan Roder ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by 

Karl Struss ... (photographed by)

Editing by 

Anne Bauchens ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by 

Mitchell Leisen ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by 

Mitchell Leisen ... (costumes by)

Makeup Department 

James Collins ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management 

Roy Burns ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Mitchell Leisen ... assistant director (uncredited)
Edward Salven ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Mitchell Leisen ... art director: 1944 prologue (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Treg Brown ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Harry Lindgren ... sound engineer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Paul Cable ... assistant camera (uncredited)
George T. Clemens ... camera operator (uncredited)
Otto Dyar ... still photographer (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Fleet Southcott ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
William E. Thomas ... still photographer (uncredited)
Fred Westerberg ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Charles Gemora ... gorilla costume creator (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department 

C. Bakaleinikoff ... conductor (uncredited)
Nat W. Finston ... music supervisor (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator: prologue (1944 re-release) (uncredited)
Victor Young ... composer: prologue (1944 re-release) (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

George Emerson ... animal trainer: lion (uncredited)
Mel Koontz ... lion trainer (uncredited)
Chester Seay ... archery instructor (uncredited)
Crew verified as complete

See also

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