Gladiators 7 (1962)
"I sette gladiatori" (original title)

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Pedro Lazaga

Writers:

Sandro Continenza (screenplay), Bruno Corbucci (screenplay),

Stars:

Richard Harrison, Loredana Nusciak, Livio Lorenzon

Cast

Cast overview:
Richard Harrison	...	Darius
Loredana Nusciak	...	Aglaia
Livio Lorenzon	...	Panurgus
Gérard Tichy	...	Hiarba
Edoardo Toniolo	...	Milon
José Marco	...	Xeno (as Joseph Marco)
Barta Barri	...	Flaccus
Nazzareno Zamperla	...	Vargas (as Tony Zamperla)
Franca Badeschi	...	Licia
Enrique Ávila	...	Livius
Antonio Molino Rojo	...	Macrobius (as Antonio Molino)
Antonio Rubio	...	Mados
Emilia Wolkowicz	...	Ismere

Storyline

Framed for the escape of five gladiators from the arena, the son of one of Sparta's leading citizens is sentenced to the arena as gladiator himself and forced to fight for his life in the Roman Colosseum. Years later he manages to escape and return to Sparta, only to find out that his father has been murdered--even though it was ruled a "suicide"--and the woman he loves is about to marry the evil king who has usurped the throne. He sets out to find six of his fellow gladiators and return to Sparta to save his woman and place the rightful king on the throne.

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Plot Keywords:

gladiator | arena | arrow in chest | arrow in back | sword fight | 

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Taglines:

Seven heroes! They fight as if they were seven hundred!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Italy Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

6 May 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gladiators 7

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 14,953,102 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atenea Films, Columbus

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Hiarba: You let him get away again. Now I'm warning you, Macrobius, I made you but I can always send you back to rot in the quarries where I found you.

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 7 (2002)

User Reviews

The Magnificent Seven It Is Not

As far as sword and sandal movies go, Gladiators 7 is acceptable. It has a relatively fast-paced zip, some interesting sets and costumes, some bad yet not horrible acting, and loads of action - the primary reason anyone is watching this in the first place. The story deals with Darius from Sparta, having beaten a slew of Roman adversaries in the arena in Rome and being spared for his fighting abilities, going back home to find his father dead and a new, villainous ruler in place(his name sounded like Yaba?). Anyway, Darius returns home and finds soldiers out to kill him so he enlists the aid of six former gladiator-friends - very much like the fashion seen in The Magnificent Seven or The Seven Samurai - only not nearly as convincing in either of those great classics. I will confess that some of the gladiator actors were pretty decent and humour is laced liberally throughout the film. The film does, as aforementioned, have some pretty good action scenes, some big fights, and a couple beauties(though we so see oh too little from either). Again, as sword and sandal films go, this one is not all that bad.