Spartacus"" questing dream for the "death of slavery" would be doomed for two millennia:In the last century before the birth of the new faith called Christianity, which was destined to overthrow the pagan tyranny of Rome and bring about a new society, the Roman Republic stood at he very center of the civilized world."A Conspiracy to Buy the Foreclosing Sanitarium:Meanwhile, a takeover is planned by evil Mr.J.D.Morgan (Douglas Dumbrille), the owner of the nearby racetrack and hotel (with nightclub), secretly in league with his accomplice Whitmore (Leonard Ceeley), the Sanitarium""s business and financial manager.Russian, Rocky Gives Up Title to Avenge Apollo""s Death," and aUS Magazinestory: "Bomb Threats Protest Russian Presence - Russian Wife Fears for Husband""s Life.This witty journey film from Paramount Studios skillfully mixed every conceivable cinematic genre type and tone of film possible - tragic melodrama, farce, prison film, serious drama, social documentary, slapstick, romance, comedy, action, and even musical, in about a dozen sequences.