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
Sam Rosen (actor) Sam Rosen (actor) Sam Rosen is an American actor and writer. One of Rosen's earliest film roles, if not his first was playing a white rapist in "The Hymens Parable" which was directed by Jon Springer. Then he appeared as Eddie in the Bill Semans directed "Herman U. S. A." which was released in 2001. In an "International Business Times" article about the film "Five Days Gone", it said that he bestowed the film with a passionate, memorable performance as the drug addicted boyfriend of Alice (played by director Anna Kerrigan. He was the lead actor and co-writer of the