Spartacus/Trivia


 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Draba, the Black Best Friend, is played by Woody Strode. He was better known as Draba than for anything else he did, but before he became an actor he broke the color line in the NFL in 1946.
 * Reality Subtext: The credited screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, was blacklisted from Hollywood for refusing to name names during the Red Scare.
 * Not just the screenwriter. The writer of the original novel was also on the blacklist.
 * Wag the Director: Kirk Douglas, as producer of the film, fired the original director, and brought in relative newcomer Stanley Kubrick. Guess who wore the pants on set?