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Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.
Yôko Tani
- Princess Lei-ling
- (as Yoko Tani)
Dante DiPaolo
- Bayan
- (as Dante Di Paolo)
Ham Chau Luong
- Buddhist High Priest
- (as Luong-Ham-Chau)
Hélène Chanel
- Liu Tai
- (as Helene Chanel)
Wilbert Bradley
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Cho Cha Lung
- Buddhist Monk
- (uncredited)
- …
Riccardo Mantoni
- Narratore
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Oreste Biancoli
- Duccio Tessari
- George Gonneau(US version) (uncredited)
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- TriviaWith the massive exterior sets, lavish interior sets and a multitude of Asian extras left over from Marco Polo (1962), Panda Productions had writers Oreste Biancoli and Duccio Tessari fashion a sword-and-sandal/mythological muscleman epic - a genre that had become highly popular around the world - placing hero Maciste in a Chinese setting. Genre specialist Riccardo Freda was brought in to direct, Gordon Scott was cast as Maciste (renamed "Samson" for the U.S. version) and Yôko Tani was kept on as the female lead.
- GoofsWhen the new execution device is being demonstrated, Maciste makes his way through a crowd of Chinese people. Although he is much larger than anyone else, and is almost naked, nobody seems to notice him.
- Quotes
Kiutai: [Motioniong to two collapsed men under torture] There're your rebels...
[adressing Princess Lei-ling]
Kiutai: Their torture has gone on for a month. Tell me now, you'll tell me what I want to know? Where is the rebel leader?
[pause]
Kiutai: So, you wont speak? I'll loose your tongue, even if that kills you!
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Gordon SCOTT as Maciste in China and Mongolia
Gordon Scott as Maciste at the Chinese Emperor's court
Maciste was actually an invention of the Italian author Gabriele D'Annunzio. The hero from the history of Carthage, blessed with Herculean powers, first appeared on the screen in the Italian monumental silent film "Cabiria" (1914). Bartolomeo Pagano (1878-1947) became a silent film star with this role. When the Peplum craze began in Italy at the end of the 1950s after Steve Reeves' hit Hercules films, Maciste was virtually recycled as a hero. This time he was not only used in ancient Carthage, but wherever and whenever a muscle-bound hero was needed.
So it happens that in this film the American bodybuilder Gordon Scott (1927-2007) has to intervene in a dispute between the Mongolian Great Khan and the Chinese emperor. Since a size smaller is not possible, Maciste has to use his bearish strength to trigger an (all too ridiculous) earthquake. Yoko Tani, Gabriele Antonini and Helene Chanel can be seen in other roles. During those years, the Franco-Japanese actress Yoko Tani (1928-1999) was married to Roland Lesaffre, Marcel Carne's favorite actor.
Definitely not the best Italian-made sandal film, even if director Riccardo Fredda has cult status among fan circles.
Maciste was actually an invention of the Italian author Gabriele D'Annunzio. The hero from the history of Carthage, blessed with Herculean powers, first appeared on the screen in the Italian monumental silent film "Cabiria" (1914). Bartolomeo Pagano (1878-1947) became a silent film star with this role. When the Peplum craze began in Italy at the end of the 1950s after Steve Reeves' hit Hercules films, Maciste was virtually recycled as a hero. This time he was not only used in ancient Carthage, but wherever and whenever a muscle-bound hero was needed.
So it happens that in this film the American bodybuilder Gordon Scott (1927-2007) has to intervene in a dispute between the Mongolian Great Khan and the Chinese emperor. Since a size smaller is not possible, Maciste has to use his bearish strength to trigger an (all too ridiculous) earthquake. Yoko Tani, Gabriele Antonini and Helene Chanel can be seen in other roles. During those years, the Franco-Japanese actress Yoko Tani (1928-1999) was married to Roland Lesaffre, Marcel Carne's favorite actor.
Definitely not the best Italian-made sandal film, even if director Riccardo Fredda has cult status among fan circles.
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By what name was Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961) officially released in India in English?
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