I have long been a fan of the ancient Greek/Roman mythological adventure films and this 1963 film certainly is a classic. Kirk Morris plays Hercules, was a former winner of the 1961 "Mr. Italia" bodybuilding contest, and Iloosh Khoshabe who plays Samson with the long hair was an Iranian bodybuilder, These two former bodybuilders team up to outsmart the evil Laertes - Ithaca King played by Andrea Fantasia and the gorgeous Delilah.
The eye candy that the once popular crooner Tom Jones sang in his 1968 hit song "Delilah" was a savvy female sexpot played by the beautiful Liana Orfei. Now Delilah with her overflowing sexuality and flaming red hair was desperate to meet the strongman with the long black hair and big muscles Samson, to witness for herself his feats of strength and we the audience get to see how she literally hangs on to his muscular thighs and broad shoulders as a ploy to direct Samson, Hercules and Ulysses into her evil and dangerous web she has spun.
Ahhhh, but the strongmen show that although they are initially fooled by Delilah's beauty the fog around their heads quickly dissipates and their strength returns just in time to lift those monstrous (paper Mache) boulders over their heads and throw them down the mountain to thwart King Laertes's army from advancing upon them.
This is an adventure film for the history books of entertainment, and I recall watching it vividly as part of my three (3) parts Sunday matinee feature films combined with a comedy starring Jerry Lewis, and a western starring John Wayne or Clint Eastwood. Life was great in the 1960's -1970's before COVID-19 affected the young and old population alike and their freedom to enjoy great entertainment such as this 1963 adventure film classic. But then the three (3) films Sunday matinee is long a thing of the past lifestyles and replaced by streaming meaningless CGI action films on our children's and grandchildren's I-Phones and I-Pads. Kids, you don't know what you are missing watching these classic adventure films of the 1960's circa sitting next to your neighborhood girlfriend/boyfriend in an actual movie theater on a widescreen with Dolby sound speakers sharing a bag of popcorn and a box of Good and Plenty candy.
Catch this film while you still can and please ignore the lip sync attempts translating this Italian made film into an English speaking dynamo. It's a classic adventure/mythology film that I will certainly be sharing with my grandchildren, and god willing even my great grandchildren. They still make paper Mache in school don't they?
I give this classic adventure film a much deserving 8 out of 10 IMDB rating
The eye candy that the once popular crooner Tom Jones sang in his 1968 hit song "Delilah" was a savvy female sexpot played by the beautiful Liana Orfei. Now Delilah with her overflowing sexuality and flaming red hair was desperate to meet the strongman with the long black hair and big muscles Samson, to witness for herself his feats of strength and we the audience get to see how she literally hangs on to his muscular thighs and broad shoulders as a ploy to direct Samson, Hercules and Ulysses into her evil and dangerous web she has spun.
Ahhhh, but the strongmen show that although they are initially fooled by Delilah's beauty the fog around their heads quickly dissipates and their strength returns just in time to lift those monstrous (paper Mache) boulders over their heads and throw them down the mountain to thwart King Laertes's army from advancing upon them.
This is an adventure film for the history books of entertainment, and I recall watching it vividly as part of my three (3) parts Sunday matinee feature films combined with a comedy starring Jerry Lewis, and a western starring John Wayne or Clint Eastwood. Life was great in the 1960's -1970's before COVID-19 affected the young and old population alike and their freedom to enjoy great entertainment such as this 1963 adventure film classic. But then the three (3) films Sunday matinee is long a thing of the past lifestyles and replaced by streaming meaningless CGI action films on our children's and grandchildren's I-Phones and I-Pads. Kids, you don't know what you are missing watching these classic adventure films of the 1960's circa sitting next to your neighborhood girlfriend/boyfriend in an actual movie theater on a widescreen with Dolby sound speakers sharing a bag of popcorn and a box of Good and Plenty candy.
Catch this film while you still can and please ignore the lip sync attempts translating this Italian made film into an English speaking dynamo. It's a classic adventure/mythology film that I will certainly be sharing with my grandchildren, and god willing even my great grandchildren. They still make paper Mache in school don't they?
I give this classic adventure film a much deserving 8 out of 10 IMDB rating