Vintage Euro swords & sandals
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 01/16/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Contents of GLADIATORS 4 Movie Pack:
DUEL OF THE CHAMPIONS-- The Romans and Albans stage a six-man duel to settle a costly war between them. Alan Ladd ("Shane") co-stars in one of his last roles. Ladd's daughter makes one of her only screen appearances. Also cast in a minor part is Steeve Reeves.
GIANTS OF ROME-- Gladiators handpicked by Caesar himself are off on a secret suicide mission against the Druids.
GLADIATORS 7-- A man once forced to fight for his life in the Colosseum returns years later to his Spartan home, only to find his father murdered and the woman he loves betrothed to an evil king. He enlists the aid of six fellow gladiators in a battle to set things right.
THE REBEL GLADIATORS-- To spare his village from destruction, Ursus must arena fight the mightiest Roman warrior.
MILL CREEK's ADVENTURE 10 Movie Pack features seven exciting swords and sandals epics (five starring Hercules!).
BRENTWOOD's 4-fers are nicely priced movie bundles. Video and sound quality of these digitally unrestored public domain films is generally fine. Discs are dual-side recorded.
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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(4.3) Duel of the Champions (Italy-1961) - Robert Keith/Alan Ladd/Alana Ladd/Steve Reeves
(5.4) Giants of Rome (Italy/France-1964) - Richard Harrison/Wandisa Guida
(5.8) Gladiators 7 (Spain/Italy-1962) - Richard Harrison/Loredana Nusciak/Livio Lorenzon
(5.1) The Rebel Gladiators (Italy-1963) - Dan Vadis/Gloria Milland/José Greci"