The last really big gladiator movie out of Hollywood was Spartacus (1960), starring Kirk Douglas as a rebel who led his fellow slaves in a revolt against the Roman Empire.
It was a great film, particularly in its action sequences and its epic battles. But except for the restored scene in which Laurence Olivier attempts to seduce Tony Curtis, it didn't age well. In particular, Douglas's performance seemed to be modeled after Charlton Heston at his most religiously overwrought.
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