Directed by Guido Brignone
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
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Boring peplum about a Roman gladiator who is defeated in Syria and becomes a slave. The Syrian queen, the ravishing blonde bombshell Anita Ekberg, takes pity on him and then falls in love with him. Soon she entrusts him with her army to defeat the Romans who have come to take back the country. Very little action until the end, which consists of flaming catapults and some nasty horse falls, otherwise a dressed-up soap opera. Michelangelo Antonioni was one of three uncredited directors, but you won't find any trace of his style here.
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