Gold For The Caesars (1963)

Set in Spain in the year 96 A.D., a slave (Jeffrey Hunter) proves highly useful to his Roman master (Massimo Girotti) when his architectural skills help to build bridges for Rome. But when the slave falls in love with his master's mistress (Mylene Demongeot), he suddenly becomes expendable to his master. Based on the novel by Florence A. Sward and directed by Andre De Toth (HOUSE OF WAX). This sword and sandal adventure suffers from its ambitions. The script is a step above the usual Italian peplum and with a bigger budget and a director who was able to put more thought into the project (there's a strong indication that the film was, in fact, mostly directed by the second unit director Riccardo Freda), it might have been more of an A picture. It's just good enough to fail as a hokey but fun peplum but not good enough to qualify as anything more than a piece of pulp, enjoyable if you're not too demanding. With Ron Randell and Ettore Manni.