Release Year: 1960
Release Date: Wed Nov 16 1960
Runtime: 197 minutes
Filmed In Color
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine
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Actors: Tony Curtis (as Antoninus), Phil Altman (as Slave), David Armstrong (as Small Role), Joseph Bardo (as A slave shouting ‘I’m Spartacus’), John Barton (as Slave), Arthur Batanides (as Legionnaire), Paul Baxley (as Gladiator), John Benson (as Guard), Shari Lee Bernath (as Little Girl), Sabine Bethmann (as Varinia (rehearsed only)), Norman Bishop (as Pirate), Bill Blackburn (as Prisoner), Shirley Blackwell (as Slave), David Bond (as Slave), Buff Brady (as Soldier), Don Bramblett (as Gladiator), Brad Brown (as Soldier), Courtney Brown (as Pirate), Jerry Brown (as Soldier), Rudy Bukich (as Gladiator), Bob Burns (as Pirate), Paul E. Burns (as Fimbria), Polly Burson (as Slave), Wayne Burson (as Guard), Joe Canutt (as Soldier), Tap Canutt (as Soldier), Al Carmichael (as Gladiator), Bill Catching (as Soldier), Chuck Courtney (as Soldier), Dick Crockett (as Guard), Hume Cronyn (as Gladiator), John Daheim (as Capua Guard), Carol Daniels (as Slave Girl), Tony Dante (as Roman legionnaire), Doris Darling (as Slave), Ted de Corsia (as Legionnaire), Terence de Marney (as Majordomo), Frank Donahue (as Gladiator), Mary Donovan (as Slave), Craig Duncan (as Petitioner), Johnny Duncan (as Beheaded Man), Louie Elias (as Gladiator), Maurice Elias (as Gladiator), Roy Engel (as Roman Businessman), Richard Farnsworth (as Salt Mine Slave /Gladiator /Slave General), Logan Field (as Centurion), Lila Finn (as Slave), Duke Fishman (as Roman Senator), Charlotte Fletcher (as Mother with Child), Paul Frees (as Caius (voice)), Robert Fuller (as Extra), Richard George (as Roman Soldier), Rudy Germane (as Soldier), Jeanne Gerson (as Woman Selling Chestnuts), Seamon Glass (as Pirate), Joe Gold (as Soldier), Harold Goodwin (as Slave), Sol Gorss (as Slave Leader), Marv Goux (as Trainer), James Griffith (as Otho), Jack Grinnage (as Petitioner), Donna Hall (as Slave), Don Happy (as Slave), Edith Happy (as Slave), Betty Harford (as Slave), Brad Harris (as Gladiator /Soldier), Harry Harvey Jr. (as Slave), Joe Haworth (as Marius), Chuck Hayward (as Soldier), Vinton Hayworth (as Metallius), Wayne Heffley (as Slave Guard), Lars Hensen (as Slave), Manuel Herreros (as Soldier), Bob Herron (as Small Role), Hallene Hill (as Beggar Woman), Charles Horvath (as Slave Leader), Shep Houghton (as Slave), Basil Howes (as Orderly), Bob Hoy (as Soldier), Loren Janes (as Salt Mine Slave /Gladiator /Slave General), Jil Jarmyn (as Julia), Anthony Jochim (as Petitioner), Duke Johnson (as Juggler), Harry C. Johnson (as Juggler), Paul Keast (as Roman Businessman), Valley Keene (as Soldier), Pete Kellett (as Slave), Kenner G. Kemp (as Roman Senator), Hubie Kerns (as Gladiator), Aron Kincaid (as Crassus’ Standard-Bearer), Desmond Koch (as Soldier), Irvin ‘Zabo’ Koszewski (as Soldier), Paul Kruger (as Roman Senator), Stubby Kruger (as Pirate), Carey Loftin (as Guard), Dayton Lummis (as Symmachus), Cliff Lyons (as Soldier), Otto Malde (as Roman General), Michael Masters (as Small Role), Joan McKellen (as Slave), Gordon Mitchell (as Gladiator), Bob Morgan (as Galeno), Boyd ‘Red’ Morgan (as Bit Part), Rod Normond (as Guard), Juan Olaguivel (as Slave with little girl), Tracy Olsen (as Girl), Robert Osborne (as Guard), Dayton Osmond (as Boy Chicken Seller), Eddie Parker (as Slave), Josephine Parra (as Slave Girl), Harvey Parry (as Guard), Regis Parton (as Gladiator), Victor Paul (as Gladiator), Leonard Penn (as Garrison Officer), Gil Perkins (as Slave Leader), Jack Perkins (as Gladiator), Vic Perrin (as Narrator (voice)), Larry Perron (as Guard), Robert Perry (as Slave), Preston Petersen (as Pirate), Lorrie Pettit (as Slave), Eugene Poole (as Pirate), Bill Raisch (as Soldier Whose Arm is Hacked Off), Walter Raney (as Roman Gladiator), Mike Read (as Sruntman), Chuck Roberson (as Slave), George Robotham (as Pirate), Ronnie Rondell Jr. (as Guard), Wally Rose (as Gladiator), Frosty Royce (as Slave), Evelyn Rudie (as Little Girl in Slave Camp), Autumn Russell (as Slave Girl), Russell Saunders (as Soldier), Aaron Saxon (as Gladiator), Rube Schaffer (as Soldier), Jim Sears (as Gladiator), Scott Seaton (as Roman Senator), Bill Shannon (as Soldier), Alex Sharp (as Gladiator), Tom Steele (as Gladiator), John Stephenson (as Centurion), Robert Stevenson (as Legionnaire), Kay Stewart (as Slave Girl), Jerry Summers (as Gladiator), Ken Terrell (as Bit Part), Glen Thompson (as Gladiator), Larry Thor (as Staff Officer), Helen Thurston (as Slave), John Traux (as Prisoner), Don Turner (as Guard), Lili Valenty (as Old Crone), Buddy Van Horn (as Soldier), Dale Van Sickel (as Trainer), Louise Vincent (as Slave at Gracchus’ Home), Peter Virgo (as Guard), Will J. White (as Guard), Judy Whitney (as Child), Charles Wilcox (as Gladiator), Billy Williams (as Gladiator), Jack Williams (as Soldier), Lynda Lee Williams (as Slave Girl), Carleton Young (as Herald), Fred Zendar (as Guard)
Stunts: Louie Elias, Tony Epper, Richard Farnsworth, Sol Gorss, Brad Harris, Chuck Hayward, Bob Herron, Charles Horvath, Bob Hoy, Loren Janes, Hubie Kerns, Stubby Kruger, Carey Loftin, Cliff Lyons, Michael Masters, Bob Miles, Bob Morgan, Boyd ‘Red’ Morgan, Eddie Parker, Harvey Parry, Regis Parton, Gil Perkins, Preston Petersen, Mike Reid, Chuck Roberson, George Robotham, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Wally Rose, Russell Saunders, Rube Schaffer, Bill Shannon, Alex Sharp, Tom Steele, Jerry Summers, Ken Terrell, Gary Troy, José Truchado, Don Turner, Buddy Van Horn, Dale Van Sickel, Red West, Glenn R. Wilder, Jack Williams
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Plot: In 73 B.C., a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus (Sir Peter Ustinov). The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south. The Roman Senator Gracchus (Charles Laughton) schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus (John Dall), Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus (Sir Laurence Olivier) is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome.
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