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Summary:
Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the event, the enslaved trainees are "rewarded" with female companionship. Spartacus'... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Kirk Douglas - (Spartacus)
Laurence Olivier - (Marcus Licinius Crassus)
Jean Simmons - (Varinia)
Charles Laughton - (Sempronius Gracchus)
Peter Ustinov - (Lentulus Batiatus)
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Review:
A remarkably expensive production for the time (12m) that took 167 days to film, Spartacus has been lauded as the "thinking man's" epic because it lacks a happy ending and places as much emphasis on oration as action. The slave revolt storyline, penned in part by the blacklisted Dalton Trumbo, is clearly meant to parallel contemporary Ameri... Continue >>

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