Hercules (1958)

02/20/1958Fantasy, Adventure1h 39m

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In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediately on arrival, he falls in love with the king's delectable, briefly clad daughter Iole. Before he can win her, he must succeed in a series of quests, in the course of which he teams up with Jason, true heir of Iolcus, whom he accompanies on the famous voyage of the Argonauts.

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Steve Reeves
Ercole (Hercules)
Sylva Koscina
Iole, Daugher of Pelias
Fabrizio Mioni
Jason
Gianna Maria Canale
Antea, Queen of the Amazons
Arturo Dominici
Eurysteus
Mimmo Palmara
Iphitus, Son of Pelias
Lidia Alfonsi
The Sybil
Gabriele Antonini
Ulysses
Aldo Fiorelli
Argos

A review by Wuchak

6.0

Written by Wuchak on Aug 12, 2020

_**Hercules, the Mediterranean, Sylva Koscina, murder, seers, a lion, a bull, sailing and Amazons!**_ Hercules (Steve Reeves) travels to a kingdom on the coast of the Mediterranean, the Italian Peninsula, to assist a king in training his son to take over. He meets the lovely daughter of the monarch (Sylva Koscina), unravels a murder from years earlier, throws the discus, fights a lion & a bull, sails the seas in search of the priceless Golden Fleece and encounters the Amazons. "Hercules" (1958) is an Italian sword & sandal flick in the mold of “Samson and Delilah” (1949) and “Ulysses”...