The Ten Gladiators
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| The Ten Gladiators | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Gianfranco Parolini |
| Screenplay by | |
| Starring | |
| 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 action adventure film, directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The first of the 'Ten Gladiators Trilogy', followed by Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (Italian: Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori) and Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators (Italian: Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori) in 1964.
Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius in order 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 by crucifixion.
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
- Emilio Messina as Gladiator Leptus
- Giuseppe Mattei (aka Pino Mattei) as Gladiator Methodius
- Pietro Torrisi as Gladiator
- Aldo Canti as Gladiator
- Giancarlo Bastianoni as Gladiator
- Giuliano Dell'Ovo as Gladiator
- Gino Turini (a.k.a. John Turner) as Gladiator
- Romano Giomini as Gladiator
- Ivano Staccioli as Gladiator
- Roberto Messina as Gladiator
- Milton Reid as Bald Wrestler
- Salvatore Borghese as Milo / Minius, the Mute
- Arnaldo Fabrizio as Glaucus' Little Servant
- Veriano Ginesi as Geriel, the Ship's Drummer[1]
