The Gladiator

The Gladiator (1938)

Kicking the pigskin for a skinful of laughs !

A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength.

Date of release
1938-08-14
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Edward Sedgwick

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Gladiator

The Gladiator is a 1938 American fantasy comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Joe E. Brown, Dickie Moore and June Travis. The movie is an adaptation of Philip Gordon Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator, which is often credited with having influenced the creation of Superman.

Production

The film reached theatres two months after the publication of the first appearance of Superman in a comic book.

There is a famous publicity picture of Brown lifting Man Mountain Dean over his head with only one hand. By bracing himself, Brown did it effortlessly on the first try. But when the director called for a retake shot, Brown suffered a hernia and was rushed to the hospital.

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