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Sign of the Pagan

  • 19541954
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 32m
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6.0/10
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Jeff Chandler and Rita Gam in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
AdventureBiographyDrama
With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
IMDb RATING
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704
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    • Douglas Sirk
    • Oscar Brodney(screenplay)
    • Barré Lyndon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jeff Chandler
    • Jack Palance
    • Ludmilla Tchérina
    • Douglas Sirk
    • Oscar Brodney(screenplay)
    • Barré Lyndon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jeff Chandler
    • Jack Palance
    • Ludmilla Tchérina
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    • 25User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Jack Palance and Leo Gordon in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
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    Jack Palance in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
    Jack Palance and Jeff Chandler in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
    Jeff Chandler and Ludmilla Tchérina in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
    Jeff Chandler and Ludmilla Tchérina in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
    Jack Palance and Allison Hayes in Sign of the Pagan (1954)
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    Sign of the Pagan (1954)
    Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Rita Gam, Douglas Sirk, and Ludmilla Tchérina in Sign of the Pagan (1954)

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    Jeff Chandler
    Jeff Chandler
    • Marcian
    Jack Palance
    Jack Palance
    • Attila
    Ludmilla Tchérina
    Ludmilla Tchérina
    • Princess Pulcheria
    • (as Ludmilla Tcherina)
    Rita Gam
    Rita Gam
    • Kubra
    Jeff Morrow
    Jeff Morrow
    • General Paulinus
    George Dolenz
    George Dolenz
    • Emperor Theodosius
    Eduard Franz
    Eduard Franz
    • Astrologer
    Allison Hayes
    Allison Hayes
    • Ildico
    Alexander Scourby
    Alexander Scourby
    • Chrysaphius
    Howard Petrie
    Howard Petrie
    • Gundahar
    Michael Ansara
    Michael Ansara
    • Edecon
    Leo Gordon
    Leo Gordon
    • Bleda
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • Pope Leo I
    Fred Nurney
    Fred Nurney
    • Chamberlain
    Sara Shane
    Sara Shane
    • Myra
    Pat Hogan
    Pat Hogan
    • Sangiban
    Robert Bice
    Robert Bice
    • Chilothe
    • (as Robo Bechi)
    Charles Horvath
    Charles Horvath
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      • Douglas Sirk
      • Oscar Brodney(screenplay) (story)
      • Barré Lyndon(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Final feature film of Moroni Olsen, who passed away about a month before its release.
    • Goofs
      All of the mounted troops have stirrups, which would not come into use in Europe for at least another four hundred years.
    • Quotes

      Pope Leo I: Rome is a Christian city, and the Temple of God!

    • Crazy credits
      After the list of actors at the start of the film it says: "AND Statesmen, Citizens, Soldiers of the Armies of the Roman Empire and the Hordes of Attila"
    • Connections
      Referenced in Pardon My Genie: Sister, Dear Sister (1972)

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    7/10
    Attila the Hun attacks Rome with his barbarian army.
    If Charlton Heston had been born Jewish, he'd have been Jeff Chandler, a lookalike who lost out on both The Ten Commandments AND Ben-Hur to Old Granite Jaw. Had Chandler nabbed those roles, he may have become a superstar himself. As is, he played the leads in studio program pictures, those B+ movies that disappeared with the end of the 'studio contract' system in the early sixties. By then, Chandler was already gone, having died while filming a WWII action flick, Merrill's Marauders, for Sam Fuller in the Phillipines. Anyway, his director for this costume mini-epic was Doug Sirk, an expert out of making magic from routine material. Chandler's the Roman centurion who must push back the invading armies of Atilla the Hun. Ludmilla Tcherina is one of a number of flashy looking women (Blonde Allison Hayes, later the sixty foot woman, is another). Lots of fairly big and semi-spectacular action sequences, with Jack Palance hamming it up even more than usual as Atilla. Nice production values, given a moody atmosphere by the always fascinating Sirk. This is one of those films that have been so completely forgotten that even Turner Movies doesn't revive it. Too bad - for this represents a fun aspect of the Old Hollywood in its final hours that ought to be reclaimed by contemporary viewers.
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    • Mar 14, 2006

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      • December 18, 1954 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
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      • Universal International Pictures (UI)
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes

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