" Spartacus quickly learned that he gladiator-trainees were reluctant to ally themselves together, when he was cautioned by giant, black Ethiopian Draba (Woody Strode):Gladiators don""t make friends.I""m a writer, name""s Martins, Holly Martins.Anyway, down I came, all the way to old Vienna, happy as a lark and without a dime.]An American, Western pulp novelist/writer of juvenile Western pulp stories (Zane Grey-style), Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) [a frivolous first name to define the nature of his character] arrives at the railway station in post-war ravaged Vienna - still under Allied occupation and overrun with black markets.Inside is a bloodied mob member [identified later as Billy Batts (Frank Vincent)] wrapped in white tablecloths.2 million (worldwide).It was lower-grossing (domestic and worldwide) than all of the films in Sam Raimi""s originalSpider-Mantrilogy, but it grossed more than its sequel.