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TMDB Rating 7.1
IMDB Rating 7.3

Series Details

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 3

Creators:

Networks: ABC

Status: Ended

First Air Date: May 6, 1984

Recent Air Date: May 8, 1984

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

Website: Link

Production Companies: Centerpoint , Columbia Pictures Television , RAI


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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

Linda Purl

Linda Purl

Nydia

Age : 68 | Popularity : 24%

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Quintus

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Duncan Regehr

Duncan Regehr

Lydon

Age : 71 | Popularity : 7%

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Gaius

Age : 82 | Popularity : 19%

Benedict Taylor

Benedict Taylor

Antonius

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Gerry Sundquist

Gerry Sundquist

Clodius

Age : 37 | Popularity : 10%

Catriona MacColl

Catriona MacColl

Julia

Age : 69 | Popularity : 22%

Malcolm Jamieson

Malcolm Jamieson

Petrus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%


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