![]() To give a few examples, Charles McGraw as the sadistic trainer at the gladiatorial school, John Dall as Sir Laurence Olivier's protégé, and John Ireland as Kirk Douglas's fellow gladiator trainee are all memorable in the brief roles they have. The stars all give top notch performances, but the mark of a really great film is the memorability of each individual in the ensemble. ![]() Original director Anthony Mann was replaced by Stanley Kubrick by Producer/Star Kirk Douglas among other clashes. ![]() Some very big talents had some very big egos and those egos clashed repeatedly. From what little I've read of this film it was lucky to have been made at all.
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