The Last Days of Pompeii (1959 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mario Bonnard Sergio Leone (uncredited)
Screenplay by	Sergio Corbucci Ennio De Concini Luigi Emmanuele Sergio Leone Duccio Tessari[2]
Based on	The Last Days of Pompeii 1834 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton[2]
Produced by	Paolo Moffa[2]
Starring	Steve Reeves Christine Kaufmann Fernando Rey Barbara Carroll
Cinematography	Antonio L. Ballesteros[2]
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma Julio Pena[2]
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[2]
Production companies	Procusa Cineproduzioni Associate Transocean-Film Vasgen Badal & Co. KG ABC Filmverleih [1]
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	12 November 1959 (1959-11-12) (Italy) 22 December 1959 (1959-12-22) (West Germany)
Running time	100 minutes (Italy)[3]
Countries	Italy Spain West Germany[1]
Language	Italian

The Last Days of Pompeii (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a 1959 Eastmancolor sword and sandal action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone. Bonnard, the original director, fell ill on the first day of shooting, so Leone and the scriptwriters finished the film.

The film is characterized by its CinemaScope framing and lavish look, and is one of many films produced during the 1950s and 1960s as part of the peplum sword and sandal cycle, originally launched by Pietro Francisci's film Le fatiche di Ercole (1958), released as Hercules in the United States.