The Ten Gladiators

The Ten Gladiators
Directed by	Gianfranco Parolini
Written by	Gianfranco Parolini Giovanni Simonelli Sergio Sollima
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Francesco Izzarelli
Edited by	Edmondo Lozzi
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date	1963
Running time	110 minutes (Italy) 104 minutes (USA) 98 minutes (West Germany)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Ten Gladiators (I dieci gladiatori, UK title: Ten Desperate Men) 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 (aka Susan Paget) as Lidia
• Dan Vadis as Roccia
• Franca Parisi (aka 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 (aka 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 (uncredited)

External links

• The Ten Gladiators at IMDb
• The Ten Gladiators is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive