The Ten Gladiators
The Ten Gladiators | |
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Directed by | Gianfranco Parolini |
Screenplay by | |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Francesco Izzarelli[1] |
Edited by | Edmond Lozzi[1] |
Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[1] |
Production company | Cine-Produzioni Associate[1] |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy[1] |
The Ten Gladiators (Italian: I dieci gladiatori) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini.
Plot summary[]
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Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henchman, Tigelinus), with a new emperor: Servius Galba. During the course of this bloody struggle, the gladiators lose their mentor and trainer - Resius - and then must rescue Lidia, Resius' beautiful niece, from death on the cross.
Cast[]
- Roger Browne as Glaucus Valerius
- José Greci (a.k.a. Susan Paget) as Lidia
- Dan Vadis as Roccia
- Franca Parisi (a.k.a. Margaret Taylor) as Poppea
- Gianni Rizzo as Claudius Nero
- Mimmo Palmara (aka Dick Palmer) as Tigelinus
- Ugo Sasso as Resius
- Mirko Ellis as Servius Galba
- Gianfranco Parolini as Livius Verus
- Vassili Karis as Epaphrodito
- as Gladiator Leptus
- (aka Pino Mattei) as Gladiator Methodius
- Pietro Torrisi as Gladiator
- Aldo Canti as Gladiator
- as Gladiator
- as Gladiator
- (a.k.a. John Turner) as Gladiator
- as Gladiator
- Ivano Staccioli as Gladiator
- as Gladiator
- Milton Reid as Bald Wrestler
- Salvatore Borghese as Milo / Minius, the Mute
- as Glaucus' Little Servant
- Veriano Ginesi as Geriel, the Ship's Drummer[1]
Release[]
The Ten Gladiators was released in Italy on 14 December 1963 with a 110-minute running time as I dieci gladiatori.[1] On its American release, the film had a running time of 104 minutes.[1]
References[]
Footnotes[]
Sources[]
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
External links[]
- The Ten Gladiators at IMDb
- The Ten Gladiators is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1963 films
- 1960s action adventure films
- Peplum films
- Italian films
- Italian-language films
- Films set in the Roman Empire
- Depictions of Nero on film
- Cultural depictions of Poppaea Sabina
- Films about gladiatorial combat
- Italian action adventure films
- Sword and sandal films
- 1960s Italian film stubs
- Action adventure film stubs