"To Nero, Emperor of Rome, Master of the World, Divine Pontiff. I know that my death will be a disappointment to you, since you wished to render me this service yourself. To be born in your reign is a miscalculation; but to die in it is a joy. I can forgive you for murdering your wife and your mother, for burning our beloved Rome, for befouling our fair country with the stench of your crimes. But one thing I cannot forgive - the boredom of having to listen to your verses, your second-rate songs, your mediocre performances. Adhere to your special gifts, Nero - murder and arson, betrayal and terror. Mutilate your subjects if you must; but with my last breath I beg you - do not mutilate the arts. Fare well, but compose no more music. Brutalize the people, but do not bore them, as you have bored to death your friend, the late Gaius Petronius."

"Narrator: This is the Appian Way, the most famous road that leads to Rome, as all roads lead to Rome. On this road march her conquering legions. Imperial Rome is the center of the empire, the undisputed master of the world. But with this power inevitably comes corruption. No man is sure of his life, the individual is at the mercy of the state, murder replaces justice. Rulers of conquered nations surrender their helpless subjects to bondage. High and low alike become Roman slaves, Roman hostages. There is no escape from the whip and the sword. That any force on earth can shake the foundations of this pyramid of power and corruption, of human misery and slavery, seems inconceivable. But thirty years before this day, a miracle occurred. On a Roman cross in Judea, a Man died to make men free, to spread the Gospel of love and redemption. Soon that humble cross is destined to replace the proud eagles atop the victorious Roman standards. This is the story of that immortal conflict. In this, the summer of the year 64 A.D., in the reign of the antichrist known to history as the emperor Nero, the victorious Fourteenth Legion is on its way back to Rome under the command of one Marcus Vinicius."

"The splendor and savagery of the world's wickedest empire! Three hours of spectacle you'll remember for a lifetime!"

"It is not enough to live well. One must die well."

"Abraham Sofaer — Paul"

"This is the Big One!"

"Joseph Wiseman — Mijamin"

"Alexander Scourby — Luke"

"Lorne Greene — Peter"

"Paul Newman — Basil"

"Pier Angeli — Deborra"

"Jack Palance — Simon"

"Walter Hampden — Joseph of Arimathea"

"That beggar-faced philosopher shouldn't be stuffing your head with such nonsense."

"It will be restored, but for years and for hundreds of years, it will lie in darkness; where, I know not. When it is brought out into the light again there will be great cities, and mighty bridges and towers higher than the tower of Babel. It will be a world of evil and long bitter wars. In such a world as that the little cup will look very lonely. But it may be in that age when man holds lightning in his hands, and rides the sky as Simon the Magician strove to do it will be needed more than it is needed now."

"I bid you seek the lost Silver Cup... for Sin is rising like the swollen rivers..."

"Marina Berti — Eunice"

"Buddy Baer — Ursus"

"For This Was the Time of Temptation and This Was the Day of Sin."

"The Mightiest Story of Truth and Temptation Ever Produced!"

"Virginia Mayo — Helena"

"These people know how to die, Nero. In death you will squeal like a hog!"

"The Mightiest Story of Tyranny and Temptation Ever Written- Ever Lived- Ever Produced!"

"Plautius — Aulus Plautius"

"Virginia Gregg - Owens' mother"

"Lin McCarthy - Captain Anderson"

"Jackie Loughery - Annie"

"So, you see, sir, it's been my whole life. Everything that I treasure in my heart, living or dead, is at West Point. I wouldn't know where else to go."

"The United States Military Academy at West Point is 153 years old. This is the true story of an enlisted man who was there for 50 of those years. His name is Marty Maher."

"Give him 12 weeks. He'll give you a Few Good Men."

"This is T/SGT. Jim Moore, toughest of the tough-guy Drill Instructors. One of the most powerful of all screen performances."

"I have told you people time and again! Your rifle is your best friend! You let it down and it'll sure let you down!"

"To their faces, he called the recruits "clowns," "little girls," "maggots," "turds," and worse. Behind their backs, he called them wonderful."

"Sergeant Braver, my trusted companion, is going to allow you to double-time to chow this morning! Allow them to eat. After chow, permit them to return. When they return, grant them 2 minutes to prepare, square this area away, and stand by to fall out for close-order drill, DO YOU HEAR ME?! Because you were slow this morning, the smoking lamp will not be lit after morning chow. Now if you people don't show me anything today, if I keep getting this slow deal- we're gonna get together tonight and bust that sound barrier! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"

"Walter D. Ehlers - Mike Shannon"

"Milburn Stone - Captain John J. Pershing"

"The recruits: strong, cocky, undisciplined. But they won't be United States Marines...until somebody stronger and cockier - and, above all, disciplined - gets done with them. Somebody like Jim Moore."

"Erin O'Brien-Moore - Mrs. Koehler"

"Sean McClory - Dinny Maher"

"Peter Graves - Corporal Rudolph Heinz"

"Willis Bouchey - Major Thomas"

"William Leslie - James Nilsson "Red" Sundstrom"