Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni

The muscular Hercules performs his Labors, sails with the Argonauts, and romances the fair Iole.

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39% liked it

6,052 ratings

Unrated, 96 min.

Directed by: Pietro Francisci

Release Date: July 22, 1959

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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2001

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  • May 30, 2009
    hugh jackman in the latest x-men is way more buff than poor old steve reeves was back in the innocent yet halycon days of 1959, but ol' stevie did have a good story and the simmering sylvia koscina as romantic heat. try to beat that! better than you think it might be, and a for...( read more)eign film no less! (i'm turning in my d.a.r. membership tomorrow!)
  • January 23, 2009
    i'm not a big fan of italian 'peplum movies'. Some of those are good and funny but many are just crap. This one is the first of that genre, it's enjoyable and it has good actors (and a nice Dalmatian babe: S.Koscina...). Steeve Reeves is much better than Schwarzenegger and Ferri...( read more)gno, HUH!
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • January 8, 2008
    Ya I do like it

    LOVE RENEE
  • January 5, 2008
    Classic sword and sandal epic that saved the Italian film industry, created an entire genre, made a star out of an otherwise less known bodybuilder and pushed Mario Bava's career closer to the directorial chair. Bava, the director of photography, was arguably as important as the ...( read more)actual director, Pietro Francisi, for the success of the movie and of its often stunning key sequences.
  • December 1, 2007
    Don't you see! Love is an expression never used here!!
  • November 10, 2007
    You know, it's all downhill after this movie. And that's a terrifying notion.
  • November 2, 2007
    Classified as a classic = Interested.
  • August 21, 2007
    a legendary story...good to watch
  • May 6, 2007
    All time classic, watch the rocks bouncing, lol.

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