The Magnificent Gladiator (Italian: Il magnifico gladiatore) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia.
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Plot
Attalus (or anachronistically "Hercules" in the English version) is captured by Roman soldiers on the frontier during the reign of Gallienus (AD 253–268). Attalus is brought back to Rome and forced to fight in the arena as a gladiator, but once there, he becomes embroiled in a plot to overthrow the emperor.
Cast
Mark Forest as Attalus
Marilù Tolo as Velida
Paolo Gozlino as Zullo
Jolanda Modio as Clea
Franco Cobianchi as Gallienus
Oreste Lionello as Drusius
Nazzareno Zamperla as Horatius
Fedele Gentile as Arminius
Giulio Tomei
Renato Montalbano
Release
The Magnificent Gladiator was released in Italy on 31 December 1964.