This movie was originally scheduled to be directed by Pietro Francisci, the director of Hercules, Hercules Unchained and Hercules Samson & Ulysses but the deal fell through. Instead of another blockbuster, this movie showed up on late night TV. Hercules, Samson, Ursus and Maciste battle it out for control of the title..."The strongest man in the world". The ancient world around the city of Lydia that is. This was probably the last Sword & Sandal movie made after the run of this type of movie ended. It went straight to TV in Canada and made a lot of money. The bright cheery setting with all the strong men fighting made for a "feel-good" fun movie. Find a good copy, watch it and see what I mean.