''The Ten Gladiators'' ( it, I dieci gladiatori) is a 1963 Italian film directed by

Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are '' The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, most of the Ko ...

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 *

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as Roccia *

Franca Parisi Franca Parisi (born 28 September 1933) is an Italian actress. Biography Parisi graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome in 1955, and made her screen debut that same year in Raffaello Matarazzo's film '' The White Angel'' ...

(a.k.a. Margaret Taylor) as

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as Claudius Nero *

Mimmo Palmara Domenico "Mimmo" Palmara (25 July 1928 – 10 June 2016) was an Italian actor. Biography Born in Cagliari, Palmara made his film debut in 1952 as a character actor in drama films by eminent directors such as Luchino Visconti, Mario Monicelli and ...

(aka Dick Palmer) as Tigelinus *

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as Resius *

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as Servius Galba *

as Livius Verus *

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as Epaphrodito * Emilio Messina as Gladiator Leptus *

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(aka Pino Mattei) as Gladiator Methodius *

Pietro Torrisi Pietro Torrisi (born 20 January 1940) aka "Peter McCoy" is an Italian stuntman and actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1960. Selected filmography References Footnotes Sources * External links * 1940 births Living peopl ...

as Gladiator * Aldo Canti as Gladiator *

Giancarlo Bastianoni Giancarlo is an Italian given name meaning "John Charles". It is one of the most common masculine given names in Italy and is often short for "Giovanni Carlo". Notable people with the name include: List A * Giancarlo Agazzi (1933–1995), Italia ...

as Gladiator * Giuliano Dell'Ovo as Gladiator * Gino Turini (a.k.a. John Turner) as Gladiator *

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as Gladiator *

Ivano Staccioli Ivano Staccioli (3 January 1927 – 15 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. Staccioli made 70 appearances between 1960 and 1991, mostly in film. He is best known for his appearances in historical adventures and action or western films in the 1 ...

as Gladiator *

Roberto Messina The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

as Gladiator *

Milton Reid Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...

as Bald Wrestler *

Salvatore Borghese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937, in Rome) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a s ...

as Milo / Minius, the Mute * Arnaldo Fabrizio as Glaucus' Little Servant *

Veriano Ginesi Veriano Ginesi (2 March 1907 – 1 July 1989) was an Italian actor. He is known for playing Barile in ''La mafia mi fa un baffo'' (1974), directed by Riccardo Garrone; and playing Angelo banker in '' Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli'' (1973). ...

as Geriel, the Ship's Drummer

Release

''The Ten Gladiators'' was released in Italy on 14 December 1963 with a 110-minute running time as ''I dieci gladiatori''. On its American release, the film had a running time of 104 minutes.

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* * 1963 films 1960s action adventure films Peplum films 1960s Italian-language films Films set in the Roman Empire Depictions of Nero on film Cultural depictions of Poppaea Sabina Films about gladiatorial combat Italian action adventure films Sword and sandal films 1960s Italian films {{action-adventure-film-stub