The Rebel Gladiators

The Rebel Gladiators
The Rebel Gladiators
Directed by	Domenico Paolella
Written by	Domenico Paolella; Sergio Sollima; Alessandro Ferrau
Produced by	Splendor Film/ Ferdinando Felicioni
Starring	Dan Vadis; Jose Greci; Alan Steel; Gloria Milland
Cinematography	Carlo Bellero
Music by	Carlo Savina
Distributed by	Medallion; Palisades Intl.
Release date	1962;
Running time	98 minutes
Language	Italian

The Rebel Gladiators (Italian: Ursus il gladiatore ribelle/ Ursus, the Rebel Gladiator) is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella starring Dan Vadis, Josè Greci and Alan Steel.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The newly crowned emperor Commodus kidnaps the beautiful Arminia, who happens to be betrothed to the mighty gladiator Ursus. Obsessed with a desire to physically best all other men, he uses the girl as a hostage to force Ursus to fight him in the arena, but when Ursus beats him up and actually forces the dictator to beg for his life, he accuses Ursus of being in league with a group of usurpers who oppose Commodus' tyrannical rule. Ursus finally leads a slave revolt that overthrows Commodus, who is killed in the uprising, and Ursus is reunited with Arminia.

Cast

Dan Vadis as Ursus
Josè Greci as Arminia
Alan Steel as Commodo/Commodus
Tullio Altamura as Antonino
Nando Tamberlani as Marco Aurelio
Gloria Milland
Gianni Santuccio as Emilio Leto
Sal Borghese as gladiator
Bruno Scipioni
Andrea Aureli as gladiator instructor
Carlo Delmi as Settimio

References

^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari (2007). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-8884405036.
^ Michele Giordano (1998). Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.

External links

The Rebel Gladiators at IMDb

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[60m-1] Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari (2007). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 978-8884405036.

[2] Michele Giordano (1998). Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.

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