Hercules, Maciste, Ursus & co.
Peplum italiano 1950-80
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- DirectorMario CameriniStarsSilvana ManganoKirk DouglasAnthony QuinnA movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that depicts Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war.
- DirectorRobert WiseRaoul WalshStarsStanley BakerRossana PodestàBrigitte BardotThe Iliad's story of the Trojan war, told from the Trojan viewpoint.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
- DirectorMario CameriniStarsBartolomeo PaganoCecyl TryanRita D'HarcourtPart of the long running series of peplum adventures featuring the strong man character Maciste..In this one, he has an underwater fight with a shark.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsBartolomeo PaganoUmberto GuarracinoMario SaioThe devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
- DirectorLuigi Romano BorgnettoVincenzo DenizotStarsBartolomeo PaganoLeone PapaClementina GayThe uncle of Josephine employs gangsters to abduct her, and in fleeing from them she enters a motion picture theater, where she sees Maciste playing in the screen drama, "Cabiria." The story pictures Maciste escaping from prison by bending iron bars, and Josephine decides that a man of his strength can be of much assistance to her. She obtains his address, and going to him she relates her experience. At first he is inclined to doubt the truthfulness of her story, but later, when he sees half a dozen ruffians attacking her, he intercedes in the girl's behalf, and single handed subdues them. Maciste demonstrates his marvelous strength in many other thrilling incidents, and finally runs down the uncle and his gang, and turns them over to the authorities.
- DirectorGuido BrignoneStarsBartolomeo PaganoElena SangroLuigi ServentiMaciste is sent to Africa by a circus showman to capture some lions.
- DirectorUwe Jens KrafftStarsBartolomeo PaganoCarola ToellePaul OttoThe strong man Maciste is faced with anew mystery.