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This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.
Year: 1984
Genre: Drama
Studio: ABC
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Cast: Linda Purl, Anthony Quayle, Duncan Regehr, Laurence Olivier, Benedict Taylor, Gerry Sundquist
Crew: Peter H. Hunt (Director), Ken Shane (Third Assistant Director), Chris Carreras (Second Assistant Director), Ariel Levy (First Assistant Director), Trevor Jones (Original Music Composer)
Runtime: 140:14 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1970
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 14.00 users
Popularity: 10.037
Country: Italy, United Kingdom
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Keyword : based on novel or book, gladiator, volcano, ancient rome, miniseries, pompeii, 1st century, vesuvius
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