Spartacus (film) Spartacus (film) Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War, and stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles
Dual role and Frank Morgan played multiple characters in addition to the title role of the Wizard. Lee Marvin won an Academy Award for Best Actor for a dual role in "Cat Ballou" (1965), and Nicolas Cage was nominated for Best Actor for a dual role in "Adaptation" (2002). In some low-budget films, actors have been cast in more than one role to save money. For example, in one of Peter Jackson's early films, "Bad Taste", Jackson played two characters; in one scene, one of them tortures the other. Multiple casting has been used for comic effect in film, with notable examples