IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA

Kirk Douglas as Spartacus

Batiatus (Peter Ustinov) inspects Spartacus.

Marcellus (Charles McGraw) brands Spartacus.

Spartacus and Varinia (Jean Simmons)

Marcellus (Charles McGraw) identifies the target points on Spartacus.

Spartacus chokes Marcellus (Charles McGraw).

Spartacus leads the escape.

Spartacus leaps to freedom.

Foreground: Marcus Crassus (Laurence Olivier); background: Batiatus (Peter Ustinov)

Sempronius Gracchus (Charles Laughton) and Julius Caesar (John Gavin)

Spartacus leads a surprise attack
on the Roman camp.

Spartacus with his troops

Gracchus grants safe passage to Varinia and Batiatus.

Spartacus and Varinia (“I’ve never had a woman.”)

Varinia in the water (Jean said to me: “I bet you’ve had a lot of experience getting girls to take off their bras.”)

Varinia and Spartacus

Spartacus	Crassus

Slaves into battle!

Hand-to-hand combat

“I am Spartacus!”

Antoninus (Tony Curtis) and Spartacus

(“Are you afraid to die, Spartacus?”)

Spartacus crucified

(“This is your son. He’s free, Spartacus! Free!”)

Final thoughts