Colossus of the Arena

{{short description|1962 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Colossus of the Arena | image = Colossus of the Arena.jpg

| caption = | director =Michele Lupo | producer = Elio Scardamaglia | writer = Lionello De Felice <br /> Ernesto Guida | starring =Mark Forest <br />Scilla Gabel | music = Francesco De Masi | cinematography =Guglielmo Mancori | editing = Alberto Gallitti | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1962|9|13}} | runtime = | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = }}

'''''Colossus of the Arena''''' ({{langx|it|Maciste il gladiatore più forte del mondo}}, also known as ''Death on the Arena'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Michele Lupo and starred by Mark Forest.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Margot Winick|title=Spaghetti Nightmares|year=1996|publisher=Fantasma Books, 1996|isbn=0963498274}}</ref><ref name="60-69 z">{{cite book|last=Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|date=2007 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2007|isbn=978-8884405036}}</ref><ref name=Mereghetti>{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}</ref>

==Synopsis==

In the small kingdom of Mersabad, a man named Oniris leads a group of conspirators planning a coup. Oniris hires gladiators as mercenaries to fight against the kingdom's army, and among them is Maciste, hired to protect Princess Talima. When Talima is kidnapped, Maciste pledges to rescue her. After succeeding, he eliminates the conspirators, including Oniris. Eventually, Maciste discovers that Talima's sister was involved with Oniris. He exposes her and restores Princess Talima as the rightful ruler to the throne.

==Cast== *Mark Forest as Maciste/Colossus *Scilla Gabel as Talima *José Greci as Resia * Germano Longo as Ligonius *Erno Crisa as Oniris *Dan Vadis as Sidone *Harold Bradley as Tuco *Carlo Pisacane as oste *Vittorio Sanipoli as Slavo * Alfio Caltabiano as Psychios * Sal Borgese as Gladiator

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154805/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Category:1962 adventure films Category:Films directed by Michele Lupo Category:Films scored by Francesco De Masi Category:Maciste films Category:Sword-and-sandal Category:1960s sword-and-sandal films Category:1962 Italian films