Colossus of the Arena

Colossus of the Arena
Directed by	Michele Lupo
Written by	Lionello De Felice Ernesto Guida
Produced by	Elio Scardamaglia
Starring	Mark Forest Scilla Gabel
Cinematography	Guglielmo Mancori
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti
Music by	Francesco De Masi
Release date	September 13, 1962 (1962-09-13)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Colossus of the Arena (Italian: Maciste il gladiatore più forte del mondo, also known as Death on the Arena) is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Michele Lupo and starred by Mark Forest.[1][2][3]

Synopsis

In the small kingdom of Mersabad, a man named Oniris leads a group of conspirators planning a coup. Oniris hires gladiators as mercenaries to fight against the kingdom's army, and among them is Maciste, hired to protect Princess Talima. When Talima is kidnapped, Maciste pledges to rescue her. After succeeding, he eliminates the conspirators, including Oniris. Eventually, Maciste discovers that Talima's sister was involved with Oniris. He exposes her and restores Princess Talima as the rightful ruler to the throne.

Cast

• Mark Forest as Maciste/Colossus
• Scilla Gabel as Talima
• José Greci as Resia
• Germano Longo as Ligonius
• Erno Crisa as Oniris
• Dan Vadis as Sidone
• Harold Bradley as Tuco
• Carlo Pisacane as oste
• Vittorio Sanipoli as Slavo
• Alfio Caltabiano as Psychios
• Sal Borgese as Gladiator

References

1. Margot Winick (1996). Spaghetti Nightmares. Fantasma Books, 1996. ISBN 0963498274.
2. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari (2007). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-8884405036.
3. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

External links

• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154805/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0