Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a masked man known as the Red Wolf. In fact, the Red Wolf is Valerius Rufus, one of the Emperor's trusted centurions who's aided by none other than the Emperor's court jester, the diminutive Elpidion. Rebels in league with Valerius kidnap Artamne, planning to exchange her for two of their imprisoned colleagues, but Artamne escapes and soon both Valerius, (now exposed as the Red Wolf), and his fiancee, Lucilla, are sentenced to be immersed in a cauldron of molten lead. Valerius's friends, however, rise up to rescue him and to liberate Rome.
Richard Harrison
as Velerio Rufo
Giuliano Gemma
as Cocceio Nerva
Moira Orfei
as Artamne
Piero Lulli
as Domiziano
Aldo Cecconi
as Soterus
Salvatore Furnari
as Elpidion
Renato Montalbano
as Sotero
Mirko Ellis
as Seiano
Amedeo Trilli
as Il guardiano della cava
Fedele Gentile
as Fabio Lucilio
Ivy Holzer
as Zusa
Ennio Antonelli
as Wrestler (uncredited)
