The Ten Gladiators

The Ten Gladiators (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

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.