38 quotes found
"I'd rather be here, a free man among brothers, facing a long march and a hard fight, than the richest citizen in Rome: fat with food he didn't work for, and surrounded by slaves."
"We've traveled a long ways together. We've fought many battles and won many victories. Now, instead of taking ships to our homes across the sea, we must fight again once more. Maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't know. But I do know that as long as we live, we must remain true to ourselves."
"When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win."
"I am Spartacus!"
"Crixus always wanted to march on Rome. Now he doesn't have to. Rome has come to us."
"He'll come back. He'll come back, and he'll be millions!"
"Good luck, and may fortune smile upon... most of you."
"But I'm a civilian. I'm more of a civilian than most civilians."
"If there was no Rome, I'd dream of her. If there were no gods, I'd revere them."
"I promise you, a new Rome, a new Italy and a new empire. I promise the destruction of the slave army, and the restoration of order. I promise the living body of Spartacus for whatever punishment you may deem fit. That, or his head. This I have sworn, in the name of my fathers, in the temple that guards their bones."
"I'm not after glory, I'm after Spartacus! And gentlemen, I mean to have him. However, this campaign is not about killing Spartacus. It is to kill the legend of Spartacus."
"One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one."
"You know, this republic of ours is something like a rich widow. Most Romans love her as their mother, but Crassus dreams of marrying the old girl, to put it politely."
"The thrilling adventure that electrified the world!"
"Electrifying Excitement!"
"They trained him to kill for their pleasure. . .but they trained him a little too well. . ."
"It roars with fierce excitement!"
"More titanic than any story ever told!"
"Kirk Douglas - Spartacus"
"Laurence Olivier - Crassus"
"Jean Simmons - Varinia"
"Charles Laughton - Gracchus"
"Peter Ustinov - Batiatus"
"Tony Curtis - Antoninus"
"John Gavin - Julius Caesar"
"John Dall - Marcus Glabrus"
"Nina Foch - Helena Glabrus"
"John Ireland - Crixus"
"Herbert Lom - Tigranes Levantus (pirate envoy)"
"Charles McGraw - Marcellus"
"Joanna Barnes - Claudia Marius"
"Harold J. Stone - David"
"Woody Strode - Draba"
"Peter Brocco - Ramon"
"Paul Lambert - Gannicus"
"Robert J. Wilke - Guard Captain"
"Nick Dennis - Dionysius"
"John Hoyt - Caius"