---
title: 'The Arena (1974)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe D''Amato'
released: '1974-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 84
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-arena-1974'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069729/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Arena (1974)

1974 · 84 min · Australia, Italy, United States


## Synopsis

The Arena is a 1974 sword-and-sandal film directed by Steve Carver in his feature directorial debut. It stars Pam Grier and Margaret Markov as female gladiators in ancient Rome, who have been enslaved and must fight for their freedom. This marks the second teaming of Grier and Markov; in 1972 they had starred together in the women-in-prison film Black Mama, White Mama.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe D'Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-d-amato), [Steve Carver](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-carver)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joe D'Amato](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-d-amato)
- **Screenplay:** [John William Corrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-william-corrington), [Joyce Hooper Corrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/joyce-hooper-corrington)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Francesco De Masi](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesco-de-masi)
- **Producer:** [Mark Damon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-damon)
- **Editor:** [Joe Dante](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dante)

## Cast

- [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara)
- [Tom Felleghy](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-felleghy)
- [Osiride Pevarello](https://cinepixo.com/people/osiride-pevarello)
- [Maria Pia Conte](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-pia-conte)
- [Pietro Ceccarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-ceccarelli)
- [Mimmo Poli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-poli)
- [Rosalba Neri](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalba-neri)
- [Antonio Casale](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-casale)
- [Paul Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-muller)
- [Claudio Ruffini](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudio-ruffini)
- [Daniele Vargas](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniele-vargas)
- [Carolyn De Fonseca](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-de-fonseca)
- [Emilio Messina](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-messina)
- [Margaret Markov](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-markov)
- [Franco Garofalo](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-garofalo)

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