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Title: A sweeter Spartacus in 1960
Review: Kirk Douglas' portrayal of the gladiator slave in this 1960 epic is a far more sympathetic character than that of the recent TV serial.Softened further by his relationship with the regal Jean Simmons, Spartacus is less the commanding presence, general of the slaves, than a victim of the winds of fate blowing around him.Laurence Olivier's Crassus and Miss Simmonds Wife are the performances that linger longest.
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