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The Centurion

Original title: Il conquistatore di Corinto
  • 19611961
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
138
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Geneviève Grad and Jacques Sernas in The Centurion (1961)
  • Drama
Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe -- daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus -- who's being unsu... Read allProtests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe -- daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus -- who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe... Read allProtests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe -- daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus -- who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe sends the handsome Roman to recuperate at the home of Callicrates, a political moderate. ... Read all
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
138
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  • Director
    • Mario Costa
  • Writer
    • Nino Stresa
  • Stars
    • Jacques Sernas
    • John Drew Barrymore
    • Geneviève Grad
Top credits
  • Director
    • Mario Costa
  • Writer
    • Nino Stresa
  • Stars
    • Jacques Sernas
    • John Drew Barrymore
    • Geneviève Grad
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    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    John Drew Barrymore, Geneviève Grad, and Jacques Sernas in The Centurion (1961)
    Geneviève Grad, Gordon Mitchell, and Jacques Sernas in The Centurion (1961)
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    Jacques Sernas
    Jacques Sernas
    • Caius Vinicius
    John Drew Barrymore
    John Drew Barrymore
    • Diaeus
    Geneviève Grad
    Geneviève Grad
    • Hebe
    Gianna Maria Canale
    Gianna Maria Canale
    • Artemide
    Gordon Mitchell
    Gordon Mitchell
    • Gen. Metellus
    Gianni Santuccio
    • Critolaus
    Nando Tamberlani
    Nando Tamberlani
    • Callicrates
    Ivano Staccioli
    • Hippolytus
    Andrea Fantasia
    • Lucius Mummius
    Gianni Solaro
    • Caesar
    José Jaspe
    José Jaspe
    • Traitor
    Vassili Karis
    • Egeo
    • (as Vassili Karamesinis)
    Dina De Santis
    • Chimene
    Milena Vukotic
    Milena Vukotic
    • Ancella
    • (as Milene Vukotic)
    Adriana Vianello
    • Cleo
    Miranda Campa
    Franco Fantasia
    • Corinthian Aristicrat
    Nino Marchetti
    • Director
      • Mario Costa
    • Writer
      • Nino Stresa
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    • Trivia
      The original Italian version ran 105 minutes, but was edited down to 77 minutes for release in France, Germany and USA; this accounts for some of the continuity gaps mentioned in the comments section.
    • Quotes

      Diaeus: My soldiers arrested him as he was about to embark. I've had him whipped but he won't speak.

    User reviews6

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    Top review
    7/10
    Passable "sword & sandal"
    The Greek province of Corinth rebels against its Roman rulers...

    Based on real-life events that occurred during the time of Caesar, THE CONQUEROR OF CORINTH makes the rebels out to be the bad guys for some reason but before the city is torched with cheesy special effects, there's enough beefcake, cheesecake, and battle scenes to satisfy any genre fan. John Drew Barrymore (wearing little more than a micro-mini tunic and a "Snidely Whiplash" sneer) plays Basil Rathbone to star Jacques Sernas' Errol Flynn as he tosses random enemies into a pit of snakes he keeps for just such occasions. Lovely Gianna Maria Canale (a "Miss Italy 1947" runner-up who lost to Lucia Bosé) heats things up as an over-sexed cougar who turns Sernas' wounded centurion over to the enemy after he spurns her advances and her duel (dagger vs. bullwhip) with the hero's main squeeze is a lowbrow highlight -as is a muscular Gordon Mitchell getting rubbed down by his hirsute manservant. Unfortunately, there's no "conqueror of Corinth", per se.
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    • Release date
      • August 1962 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Conqueror of Corinth
    • Production companies
      • Europa Cinematografica
      • C.F.P.C.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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