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Greece | Soldier
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Sir Ralph Richardson has only four scenes, despite being second billed.
The final movie for David Farrar (Xerxes), after which he retired to South Africa.
Despite the success of this film Richard Egan would only act on television for the next six years.
Comic Artist Frank Miller saw this movie as a boy and said: "it changed the course of my creative life". His graphic novel "300", about the Battle of Thermopylae, was the basis for 300 (2006).
At the time, this movie was considered the most violent movie in America.
"Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: [Xerxes has sent an emissary to demand the Spartan surrender] yesterday, we only probed your positions. When we attack today, our arrows will blot out the sun! Leonidas, Spartan King: Good; then we will fight in the shade. Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: Leonidas; you cannot win this fight. Leonidas, Spartan King: Every day we stand is another day for Greece. [Starts to walk off] Hydarnes, Commander of the Immortals: Leonidas, wait! Xerxes says that if you and your men lay down your arms, he will allow you to leave peaceably. Leonidas, Spartan King: [In Greek] Come and take them!"
"Narrator: "Oh, Stranger, tell the Spartans that we lie here obedient to their word." This last message of the fallen heroes rallied Greece to victory, first at Salamis, as predicted, and then at Plataea. But it was more than a victory for Greece. It was a stirring example to free people throughout the world of what a few brave men can accomplish once they refuse to submit to tyranny."
