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    Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas in the title role, a slave who leads a rebellion...
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    Spartacus (Greek: Σπάρτακος, translit. Spártakos; Latin: Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the escaped slave leaders...
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    appearance as the Thracian gladiator slave rebel Spartacus with an all-star cast in Spartacus (1960). He was the executive producer as well, which increased...
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    The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman...
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    two Hollywood films starring Kirk Douglas: Paths of Glory (1957) and Spartacus (1960). The latter won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama...
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    Glory (1957), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Vikings (1958), Spartacus (1960), Lonely Are the Brave (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), The Heroes...
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  • later revealed to be Spartacus' wife and son. A notable piece of dramatic license has Spartacus' son born exactly at the moment Spartacus dies in battle. As...
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    the anti-war film Paths of Glory (1957) and the historical epic film Spartacus (1960). In 1961, Kubrick left the U.S. due to concerns about crime in the...
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    for his roles in Spartacus (1960), and Topkapi (1964). He also starred in notable films such as Quo Vadis (1951), The Sundowners (1960), Billy Budd (1962)...
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    (1953), The Robe (1953), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus (1960), and the 1969 film The Happy Ending, for which she was nominated...
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  • notable films included The Ladykillers (1955), War and Peace (1956), Spartacus (1960), El Cid (1961), Mysterious Island (also 1961), The Phantom of the...
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    came to work with Bass in his Los Angeles office. With the opening to Spartacus (1960), she was directing and producing title sequences, and in 1961 the...
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    noir Gun Crazy. He also had a substantial role in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). He first came to fame as the young Welsh mining prodigy who comes...
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    Worlds Collide (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), The Alien Flesh Gordon...
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    (1944), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). His later films included Spartacus (1960), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Sleuth (1972), Marathon Man (1976)...
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  • Look up Spartacus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spartacus was the Thracian who led a slave uprising against Roman slavery. Spartacus may also refer...
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    a Time to Die (1958), Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960), Psycho (1960), Midnight Lace (1960) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), playing leading...
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    Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956); and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). In 1967, she made her theatrical directorial debut with a Broadway...
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  • of Love (1928), Show Boat (1929), Dat Ol' Ribber, Dracula (1931), Spartacus (1960), and Operation Petticoat (1959). For his work in Hollywood, Foley...
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    other film roles include A Walk in the Sun (1945), Joan Of Arc (1948), Spartacus (1960), 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), The...
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    into heroes. Most Hollywood films used American settings, although Spartacus (1960) dealt with an actual slave revolt in the Roman Empire known as the...
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    Melvyn Douglas † Hud (1963) Being There (1979) 2 3 Peter Ustinov † Spartacus (1960) Topkapi (1964) 2 3 Jason Robards † All the President's Men (1976)...
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    Ten Commandments (1956), and as Helena Glabrus in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). Beginning in the 1960s, Foch shifted her focus to teaching, and began...
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  • 2 Ben-Hur 1959 3 Schindler's List 1993 4 Gone with the Wind 1939 5 Spartacus 1960 6 Titanic 1997 7 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 8 Saving Private...
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    2010. Stephen Farber (2001-04-23). "Spartacus". Criterion.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18. Mark Frankel. "Spartacus (1960)". TCM.com. Retrieved 2018-03-18. Frost...
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  • Montgomery Advertiser from Montgomery, Alabama on May 6, 1960 · 44". Newspapers.com. May 6, 1960. Retrieved May 25, 2021. "Dayton Daily News from Dayton...
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    This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1960–1969, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is...
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    Devil's Disciple (1959) Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Spartacus (1960) Strangers When We Meet (1960) The Last Sunset (1961) Lonely Are the Brave (1962)...
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    American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits, notably Spartacus (1960) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), during his career spanning...
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  • Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He received fifteen Academy...
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