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7. Spartacus
Episode 7 of 8
Hollywood home life, McCarthyism and an acting battle with Laurence Olivier. Peter Ustinov reads his autobiography.
Peter Ustinov recalls the Hungarian film director of The Egyptian with great relish – and what he learnt about America’s fears from living under Senator McCarthy.
His play Romanoff and Juliet is a hit, and he gets to share a movie scene with Laurence Olivier in Spartacus – both milking it for all its worth...
The writer, director and actor continues his autobiography
Abridged by Jack Singleton.
Producer Rosemary Hart
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in April 1978.
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