The Ten Gladiators

Italian film

Giovanni Simonelli
Sergio Sollima^[1]

Starring

Roger Browne
Jose Greci
Dan Vadis
Franca Parisi

CinematographyFrancesco Izzarelli^[1]Edited byEdmond Lozzi^[1]Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino^[1]

Production
company

Cine-Produzioni Associate^[1]

Release date

14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) (Italy)

Running time

110 minutes^[1]CountryItaly^[1]

The Ten Gladiators (Italian: I dieci gladiatori) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini.

Plot summary

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
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]

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]