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'Gladiators 7' is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film 'The Seven Samurai'.

Plot



A Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil tyrant.

Cast



*Richard Harrison as Darius

*Loredana Nusciak as Aglaia

*Livio Lorenzon as Panurgus

*Grard Tichy as Hiarba

*Edoardo Toniolo as Milon

*Jos Marco as Xeno

*Barta Barri as Flaccus

*Nazzareno Zamperla as Vargas (credited as Tony Zamperla)

*Franca Badeschi as Licia

*Enrique vila as Livius

*Antonio Molino Rojo as Macrobius

*Antonio Rubio as Mados

*Emilia Wolkowicz as Ismere

Production



The film was partially shot on some of the locations where 'El Cid' was filmed. Parts of the film were shot in Spain.

Release



'Gladiators 7' was released theatrically in Italy on 11 October 1962 with a 105 minute running time and in the United States on 6 May 1964 with a 92 minute running time.

Reception



In contemporary reviews, "Tube." of 'Variety' found the film to have a cliche screenplay with "stiff acting" and "mechanical dubbing". "Tube." noted that among the action sequences, the best involved a bout between a bull and a bare-handed gladiator but that the film was "erratic in tempo and dramatically heavyhanded." A review in the 'Monthly Film Bulletin' stated that "the customary ingredients of colour, passion, and swordplay, here lavishly applied, add up to a lighthearted and lusty swashbuckling film."

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