Who directed the 1960 film ‘Spartacus’?
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
Spartacus (film) credibility. Trumbo was publicly given credit for two major films. Otto Preminger made public that Trumbo wrote the screenplay for his film "Exodus", and Kirk Douglas publicly announced that Trumbo was the screenwriter of "Spartacus". Further, President John F. Kennedy publicly ignored a demonstration organized by the American Legion and went to see the film. After David Lean turned down an offer to direct, "Spartacus" was to be directed by Anthony Mann, then best known for his Westerns such as "Winchester '73" and "The Naked Spur". Douglas fired Mann at the end of the first week of shooting, in which