Italian Sword and sandal Movies from 1958 to 1965
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- DirectorPietro FrancisciStarsSteve ReevesSylva KoscinaFabrizio MioniThe muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsSergio CianiMimmo PalmaraRosalba NeriUrsus and his sword-wielding companions run head-on against a usurper of a throne,
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsBrad HarrisFulvia GasserMara LaneIntrigue at the Roman Emperor's court prior to its destruction by Vesuvius.
- DirectorsLuciano RicciRiccardo FredaStarsLang JeffriesRossana PodestàPhilippe LeroyA Roman Consul, on his way to fight a border war, stations a garrison of soldiers in a provincial town. The townspeople aren't happy with this situation but decide it's in their best interests to cooperate. However, the Tribune left in charge of the garrison proves to be cruel and demanding. He takes over a house for his own use and forces his attentions on Fabiola, the owner's daughter. She reluctantly submits in order to protect the life of her lover, Brenno, who's already been publicly whipped and who's been hauled off to the local arena to provide sport for Roman gladiators. Soon, Brenno and Fabiola's brother are organizing a resistance which will put an end to the Tribune's reign of tyranny.
- DirectorsCarlo Ludovico BragagliaVittorio CottafaviPeter O'CordStarsLouis JourdanNicole CourcelSylvia SymsA warrior chieftain dashes between his barbaric allies and a beleaguered city that's being defended by embattled women warriors.
- DirectorAntonio LeonviolaStarsGordon MitchellChelo AlonsoVira SilentiStrongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsCameron MitchellGeneviève GradEttore ManniAn evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.
- DirectorGiorgio VenturiniStarsSteve ReevesGiacomo Rossi StuartCarla MarlierAeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
- DirectorGiorgio FerroniStarsTaina ElgPierre BriceAlberto LupoThe god Dionysus decides to pay a visit to the city of Thebes.
- DirectorSiro MarcelliniStarsGordon ScottGeneviève GradMoira OrfeiThe rightful heir to the throne of Babylon leads a slave revolt against an evil ruler.
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsGordon MitchellTony KendallUrsula DavisThis film features a colossal clash between a mass of invaders and the faithful Roman soldiers who must fight to defend the Roman Empire.
- DirectorTanio BocciaStarsCameron MitchellRik BattagliaDominique WilmsJulius Caesar leads the Roman army to battle against rebels in Gaul.
- DirectorCarmine GalloneStarsPierre BrasseurDaniel GélinAnne HeywoodHistorical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.
- DirectorMario CostaStarsJacques SernasJohn Drew BarrymoreGeneviève GradProtests break out in Corinth against Roman domination, injuring Caius Vinicius, a Roman centurion. He's rescued by Hebe - daughter of the anti-Roman governor, Critolaus - who's being unsuccessfully wooed by the governor's second-in-command, the villainous Diaeus. Smitten, Hebe sends the handsome Roman to recuperate at the home of Callicrates, a political moderate. Artemide, wife of Callicrates, also falls for Caius Vinicus but when he spurns her, she has him arrested and imprisoned. Hebe then agrees to marry Diaeus if he will spare the Roman's life but Caius Vinicius is soon freed by Callicrates and his allies, just as a Roman army arrives to battle Corinthian forces.
- DirectorDomenico PaolellaStarsPeter LupusMassimo SeratoLivio LorenzonTreacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.
- DirectorFernando CerchioStarsDebra PagetEttore ManniErno CrisaAfter Cleopatra's death her daughter Shila is brought up in Assyria. When the new pharaoh Nemorat conquers Assyria he takes Shila to Egypt and marries her. He soon dies, and his widow is required to be buried with him - alive.
- DirectorVittorio SalaStarsDorian GrayRod TaylorGianna Maria CanaleTwo musclemen come up against a tribe of Amazon women.
- DirectorGuido MalatestaStarsKirk MorrisLaura BrownDemeter BitencMaciste and his people flee their volcano-ravaged island. They end up caught in between two warring tribes.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRory CalhounLea MassariGeorges MarchalWhile holidaying in Rhodes, an Athenian war hero becomes involved in two plots to overthrow the tyrannical king: one from Rhodian patriots, and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
- DirectorMichele LupoStarsMark ForestScilla GabelJon ChevronA powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.
- DirectorAlfonso BresciaStarsKirk MorrisLuciana GilliPiero LulliHercules searches for a mysterious "phantom invader" that is raiding villages in the desert for gold.
- DirectorsLionello De FeliceIrving RapperStarsCornel WildeBelinda LeeMassimo SeratoBiopic of Constantine the Great, set between 293-312 AD, from his days as Tribune to his accession as Roman Emperor of Gaul under the tetrarchy system and ending with his battle against the usurper Roman Emperor Maxentius in Rome.
- DirectorsFerdinando BaldiRichard PottierOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesIvica PajerEleonora Rossi DragoKing Saul of the Israelites is visited in Jerusalem by the Prophet Samuel who foretells him that a war with The Philistines is inevitable and the shepherd David will become king.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsKirk MorrisMichèle GirardonManuel GallardoThe son of Hercules is pitted against a ruthless desert warrior.
- DirectorsFerdinando BaldiTerence YoungStarsAlan LaddFranca BettoiaFranco FabriziIn the 5th century BC, rival kingdoms Rome and Alba entrust their fate to a duel to death between their respective chosen champions, the 3 Orazi brothers for Rome and the 3 Curiazi brothers for Alba.