Spartacus (film) eclipse him. Gracchus, having seen Rome fall into tyranny, commits suicide. Before doing so, he bribes his friend Batiatus to rescue Spartacus's family from Crassus and carry them away to freedom. On the way out of Rome, the group passes under Spartacus's cross. Varinia is able to comfort him in his dying moments by showing him his little son, who will grow up free and knowing who his father was. The development of "Spartacus" was partly instigated by Kirk Douglas's failure to win the title role in William Wyler's "Ben-Hur". Douglas had worked with Wyler before on "Detective Story", and
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