Release Date

06 May, 1984

Runtime

02:20: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

3/1

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.

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Season 1

06 May, 1984

Actors

Linda Purl

Anthony Quayle

Duncan Regehr

Laurence Olivier

Benedict Taylor

Gerry Sundquist

Catriona MacColl

Malcolm Jamieson

Tony Anholt

David Robb

Stephen Greif

Peter Cellier

Barry Stokes

Howard Lang

Joyce Blair

Francesca Romana Coluzzi

Brian Croucher

Marilù Tolo

Ned Beatty

Brian Blessed

Franco Nero

Crew

Peter H. Hunt

Ken Shane

Chris Carreras

Ariel Levy

Trevor Jones