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
Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators escaped from Chimbro. Rocca and his men offer to make an offer from Spartacus that he will pay the ransom of him and all his escaped slaves to Varro once they escape from Rome by sea, but the treacherous Varro imprisons Rocca and his men and raids the camp of Spartacus. Rocca and his men escape and plan vengeance to Varro and loyaly to Spartacus. The film was shot in Rome and on location in Barcelona, Spain. "Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators" was released in Italy on 24 March 1964. Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators