---
title: 'Damon and Pythias (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Curtis Bernhardt'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/damon-and-pythias-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055885/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Damon and Pythias (1962)

1962 · 100 min · Adventure · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Il tiranno di Siracusa is a 1962 Italian/American film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. The film is based on the Greek legend of Damon and Pythias, and set during the reign of Dionysius I of Syracuse.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Curtis Bernhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/curtis-bernhardt), [Alberto Cardone](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-cardone)
- **Screenplay:** [Samuel Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-marx)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Marx](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-marx), [Sam Jaffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-jaffe-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aldo Tonti](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-tonti)

## Cast

- [Arnoldo Foà](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnoldo-foa) as Dionysius I of Syracuse
- [Lawrence Montaigne](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-montaigne) as Flute Player
- [Carlo Rizzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-rizzo) as Libia
- [Guy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-williams) as Damon
- [Enrico Glori](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-glori) as Nikos
- [Enzo Fiermonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-fiermonte)
- [Osvaldo Ruggieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/osvaldo-ruggieri)
- [Andrea Bosic](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-bosic) as Arcanos
- [Don Burnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-burnett) as Pythias
- [Gianni Bonagura](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-bonagura) as Philemon
- [Ilaria Occhini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilaria-occhini) as Nerissa
- [Franco Fantasia](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-fantasia) as Rumius the Fencing Master
- [Luigi Bonos](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-bonos)
- [Carlo Giustini](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-giustini) as Cariso
- [Marina Berti](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-berti) as Mereka - Nerissa's Friend

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