The Sign of the Cross

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Rome is under Nero Claudius Caesar (Charles Laughton), and Marcus Superbus (Fredric March), the Prefect of Rome, is sent to deal with the city's Christians. Instead he meets Mercia (Elissa Landi), a Christian woman, and finds his duty to the emperor pulling against his love for her. Cecil B. DeMille places Marcus between Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert) and Mercia, a soldier loyal to a throne he can no longer trust.