Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Karen, Deborah Loomis

See Arnold Schwarzenegger as the mythological Hercules! Toga clad and ripped to Mr. Universe proportions, Hercules is bored with life on Mount Olympus. When he declares his desire to live among eart...( read more  read more... )hly mortals, his father Zeus hurls an angry thunderbolt at Hercules and sends him plummeting to Earth. A freighter bound for New York picks up the water-logged demi-god and thus begins a raucous, muscle-bound adventure that pits New Yorkers against the godly denizens of Mount Olympus. You have your choice of either the real Arnold or the dubbed version!

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G, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman

Release Date: June 1, 1975

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DVD Release Date: October 24, 2000

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  • March 5, 2008
    So bad it's absolutely hilarious. Mount Olympus apparently has traffic going past. The man who played the bear deserves best supporting actor, and for some of the shots not even being colour corrected properly this deserves Oscars. It isn't these painfully hilarious moments that ...( read more)let the film down really, they add to it's charm. What does let it down is the fact that Hercules is an absolute penis head. Beating up anybody he feels like, and refusing to pay for anything. Worth a waste of 90 minutes of your life.
  • February 3, 2008
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  • July 10, 2007
    What a stinker of a film! Not supposed to be a comedy, but I laughed as hard at this as anything I've ever seen. An Arnie with his dialogue dubbed is still a bad Arnie. Although I have to say he looks fantastic -- this was made when he was just a pup winning all the awards. Not t...( read more)o be missed.
  • February 14, 2008
    Absolutely rediculous...He was so new to the game they had to dub his voice.....sad but watchable.
  • October 15, 2009
    Was this funny on purpose? I can't beleive Arnold's English was sooo bad he needed a Voice over!! Ha!!
  • September 14, 2009
    I got to enjoy 3 things about this movie, Arnold's debut, viewing his phisique, and imagining how many other people having the same reactions I am. NOT much of a move in my book!
  • September 10, 2009
    i like arnold schwarzenegger's movies....
  • September 10, 2009
    Man,this is very very very trash!But thanks to Schwarzenegger "skills acting" at the time,he mades a great comedy!Look the clash of titans when Hercules fight agianst a bear in Central Park!
  • August 18, 2009
    This movie's only good for two things: seeing Arnold's movie debut and seeing him tussle with a (fake) bear.
  • July 28, 2009
    Crappy movie, but the dubbed voice (for Arnold) is hilarious.

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