After fighting off a rival production with Yul Brynner, Spartacus was a labour of love for Kirk Douglas that quickly became a nightmare. During a shoot that went massively over time and budget ...

with him starring in one classic Kirk Douglas movie after another, and moving from cop stories to Westerns to period dramas, most notable among them being 1960's Spartacus. What follows is a ...

Kirk Douglas had a legendary role starring as a rebellious Roman slave in "Spartacus," in 1960 Kirk Douglas, one of the last superstars of Hollywood's golden age of cinema who was renowned for his ...