Rome Against Rome

Rome Against Rome is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Giuseppe Vari. Cast John Drew Barrymore as Aderbad Susy Andersen as Tullio Ettore Manni as Gaius Ida Galli as Rhama Mino Doro as Lutetius Ivano Staccioli as Sirion Philippe Hersent as Azer Andrea Checchi Production Director Vari filmed at CSC Studios. Rome Against Rome was the second last film by the production company Galatea studio and the film historian Tim Lucas described as representing the end of the peplum cycle as it was a "victim of the burgeoning "Spaghetti Western" movement". Release Rome Against Rome was distributed theatrically in Italy by Cineriz on February 13, 1964. Lucas noted that the original English export print titled Rome Against Rome was dubbed under the direction of Tony Russel and that its soundtrack was "a chaotic mess". The film was cut for foreign release with its original 110 minute running cut to 97 minutes for its British release as Rome Against Rome and cut further on its American release for American International Pictures as War of the Zombies.