Melissa Gilbert plays a Manhattan clothing designer who through hypnotherapy recovers a "past life" in 1960s San Francisco that ends with her murder. She then goes to San Francisco to check the truth of her memories

Hercules, a war prisoner by Rome, proves his valor in the arena, becomes a gladiator trainer, conquers the women's hearts and the men's envy, and saves Rome from a political plot to a usurper to occupy the throne.