Alone Against Rome

Alone Against Rome (Italian: Solo contro Roma, also known as Vengeance of the Gladiators) is a 1962 peplum film directed by Luciano Ricci and starring Lang Jeffries and Rossana Podestà.^[3][4]

Alone Against Rome
Directed by	Luciano Ricci
Screenplay by	Gianni Astolfi Ernesto Gastaldi Ennio Mancini[1]
Produced by	Marco Vicario[1]
Starring	Lang Jeffries Rossana Podestà Philippe Leroy
Cinematography	Silvano Ippoliti[1]
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini[1]
Production companies	Atlantica Cinematografica Produzione Films Film Servis[2]
Release date	September 1962 (1962-09) (Italy)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy Yugoslavia[2]

Cast

• Lang Jeffries as Brennus
• Rossana Podestà as Fabiola
• Philippe Leroy as Sylla
• Gabriele Tinti as Goruk
• Luciana Angiolillo as Saron's Servant
• Giorgio Nenadovic as Centurion Caius
• Goffredo Unger as Old Christian
• Rinaldo Zamperla as Light Blond Prisoner

Release

Alone Against Rome was released in September 1962 in Italy.^[2] It was later released in the United States in December 1963 with a 100-minute running time.^[2]

Reception

In a contemporary review, the Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as a "lavishly staged" and "shot in pale, restrained colours, this Italian spectacle reduces dialogue to the minimum and concentrates on as varied a display of violent action as the most eager fan could wish for, ranging from ambushes in the forest to bloody underground revolutions and equally savage gladiatorial contests."^[5] The review noted that "one has to forget the vapid, dubbed dialogue, and lumbering acting (the one exception being Philippe Leroy's villainous, cold-eyed Silla)."^[5] The review also noted the second-unit director Riccardo Freda, noting that "The arena scenes, in particular, are directed with a fine sense of movement and camera style by Riccardo Freda, who has now joined that select band of second unit directors on whom this kind of film tends to rely."^[5]