The Magnificent Gladiator
# The Magnificent Gladiator

The Magnificent Gladiator (Italian: Il magnifico gladiatore) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia.

## 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.

