Movie: The Epic That Never Was

Top 10 Billed Cast

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton

Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

Robert Graves
Robert Graves

Interviewee [original author]

Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg

Interviewee [director] / Himself (archive footage)

Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon

Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)

Flora Robson
Flora Robson

Interviewee / Livia (archive footage)

Emlyn Williams
Emlyn Williams

Interviewee / Caligula (archive footage)

Eileen Corbett
Eileen Corbett

Interviewee [script girl]

John Armstrong
John Armstrong

Interviewee [costume designer]

Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde

Narrator

John Abbott
John Abbott

Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

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