Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta

1964
Approved
1h 43m

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Maciste fights for right and might against the wicked Caesar.Maciste fights for right and might against the wicked Caesar.Maciste fights for right and might against the wicked Caesar.

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4.7/10

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Mark Forest

Maciste

Marilù Tolo

Olympia

Elisabetta Fanti

Livia
(as Elisabeth Fanty)

Robert Hundar

Zefatius

Franco Cobianchi

Vitellius
(as Peter White)

Giuseppe Addobbati

Marcellus

Ferruccio Amendola

Dammatius

Ugo Attanasio

Senator

Lea Monaco

Renato Navarrini

Sylvia's Father

Jacques Stany

Epialte

Bruno Ukmar

Tirfeo

Enrico Salvatore

Fortunato Arena

One of Maciste's Accomplices
(uncredited)

Elio Bonadonna

Fighter with Maciste
(uncredited)

Giovanni Bonadonna

Fighter with Maciste
(uncredited)

Angelo Boscariol

Roman Guard
(uncredited)

Augusto Brenna

Senator
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Italian censorship visa # 42561 delivered on 24-3-1964.

Goofs
Man visible in gorilla suit, which also has sewing lies visible in several places, and the man's eyes and skin surrounding his eyes are clearly visible behind the poorly-crafted gorilla mask.

Alternate versions
In the United States, the original Italian version has become available that is letterboxed with available subtitles.

Connections
Featured in Best in Action: 1964 (2020)

Fun, fun, fun in the coliseum!

I found this film on TCM and was drawn to it. It really is a terrible film, but it is so bad it is laughable. This is a movie designed for MST3000, or maybe Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's attentions.

Years before Schwarzenegger decided to capitalize on his Mr. Olympia celebrity in Hollywood, other muscle-heads took a shot at the big screen. The results were mostly uneven and only suitable for drive-in movie B-film marathons.

This film is among the worst, which makes it among the best for comedy. (I saw the English-dubbed version.) The acting was amateurish. The dialogue (subtitled) was inept. Best of all was the plot. It really drove the humor.

Imagine the director and wardrobe head meeting in a costume store. The director says, "The gladiator must battle an animal in the ring. What animal costume looks the most real?" Apparently, the answer was "gorilla" and the gladiator scene wrote itself. Hilarious.