Challenge of the Gladiator
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“Infamy and Cruelty Sweep the Roman Empire as a Madman Turns the Country Into a Bloody Arena!”
Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.
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Cast
21 people
Peter Lupus
Spartacus
Known for
Police Squad!
Mission: Impossible
Gloria Milland
Livia
Also in
Death on the Fourposter
Hands of a Gunfighter
Domenico Paolella
Antonietta Zita
Alessandro Ferraù
Massimo Serato
Senator Lucius Quintilius
Known for
Don't Look Now
The 10th Victim
Raffaele Masciocchi
Livio Lorenzon
Commodio
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Widower
Giuseppe Piccillo
Piero Lulli
Consul Metellus
Known for
My Name Is Nobody
Kill, Baby... Kill!
Antonella Cappuccio
Walter Barnes
Nero
Known for
Every Which Way but Loose
High Plains Drifter
Domenico Paolella Director · Alessandro Ferraù Screenplay Giuseppe Piccillo Composer
United States release October 29, 1965 · Produced in Italy · Original title Il Gladiatore che sfidò l'impero
Production
Jonia Film
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il Gladiatore che sfidò l'impero
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · April 4, 1965
Theatrical
United States · October 29, 1965
Theatrical
Germany
October 29, 1965
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