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
Richard Hart (actor) "Desire Me" (1947) where he appeared alongside Greer Garson and Robert Mitchum. Hart replaced Robert Montgomery in his role after that actor quarrelled with George Cukor. The movie had a troublesome production; after poor previews almost half of it was reshot. In between the original film and the reshoots Hart appeared in "Green Dolphin Street" (1947), where he was loved by two sisters, played by Lana Turner and Donna Reed. Hart's third film for MGM was "B.F.'s Daughter" (1948), as the jilted first love of the title character, played by Barbara Stanwyck. He went over to Eagle-Lion Productions to appear