The Ten Gladiators

The Ten Gladiators
Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gianfranco Parolini
Screenplay by	Giovanni Simonelli Sergio Sollima[1]
Starring	Roger Browne Jose Greci Dan Vadis Franca Parisi
Cinematography	Francesco Izzarelli[1]
Edited by	Edmond Lozzi[1]
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino[1]
Production company	Cine-Produzioni Associate[1]
Release date	14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) (Italy)
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

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]

References

Footnotes

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 171.

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 viewing and download at the Internet Archive