This one was released in italy as the triumph of maciste 1961 and was directed by tanio boccia. The spot includes celluloid footage of maciste flexing his muscles, and restraining the horses of memphis queen tenefis in the chariot torture, with a female voiceover declaring, my brother works hard. Here is a complete list of the silent maciste films in chronological order. Maciste is s out to conquer a evil queen who kidnaps young girls and hands them over to.
With kirk morris, cathia caro, ljubica otasevic, cesare fantoni. Triumph of maciste is a film directed by tanio boccia with kirk morris, cathia caro, liuba bodina, cesare fantoni, year. Scene from triumph of maciste starring kirk morris peplum tv the channel for exclusive pep stuff. The triumph of maciste triumph of the son of hercules. Strongman maciste must battle the oneeyed cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil queen capys, who. Make sure to check out my blog on all things peplum peplums. Il trionfo di maciste the triumph of maciste triumph of the son of hercules, 1961 starring kirk morris maciste alla corte del gran khan maciste at the court of the great khan samson and the seven miracles of the world, 1961 starring gordon scott. Maciste allinferno was rereleased in the early 1940s with a synchronized music and soundeffects track, and the maciste character surfaced again in the 50s and 60s during a revival of the muscleman epic alongside stalwarts such as hercules, goliath, colossus, samson, atlas, and the strongest man in the world. It seems as though an evil queen has triumphed over the rightful heir to the.
Mythological or swashbuckling adventures, one of the major selling points of these productions were their athletic, often downright musclebound leads. Colossus and the headhunters 1963, the fury of hercules 1962, alone against rome 1962, the rebel gladiators 1962, the lion of thebes 1964. Maciste then becomes involved in an effort to restore to the throne of memphis its rightful ruler, prince iram. Colossus and the headhunters 1963 kirk morris, laura.
Maciste travels to egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. Mar 06, 2017 colossus and the headhunters 1963 kirk morris, laura brown, demeter bitenc feature action, adventure, romance. Here is kirk morris in another of the 14 sword and sandal films that were recut and dubbed into english for an american tv package called, the sons of hercules by embassy pictures. Maciste in king solomons mines 1964 maciste against. A gondolier when discovered by an italian movie producer, he was deemed a perfect speciman to showcase. Here is kirk morris in another of the 14 sword and sandal films that were.
This one was released in italy as the triumph of maciste 1961. Sword and sandal movies are kind of like bwesterns, there were a gazillion of them made, all using the same half dozen scripts. Kirk made tons of films playing hercules and maciste but hes best know for being maciste than hercules. Maciste contro ercole nella valle dei guai cunoscut.
Triumph of the son of hercules 1961 cast and crew moviefone. Hercules series 19571965 a series of 19 italian hercules movies were made in the late 50s early 60s. Italia bodybuilding contest 1961 born in venice as adriano bellini, while at university morris devoted himself to bodybuilding and thanks to his physique he was chosen by the director tanio boccia to play the title role in the triumph of maciste. Maciste travels to hell to find a witch and make her undo a curse she put on the surface world. The triumph of maciste triumph of the son of hercules, 1961 starring kirk. Join facebook to connect with kirk morris and others you may know. Kirk morris, cathia caro, liuba bodina, cesare fantoni 19459008, rio donny attilio dottesio, bruno by tocci, piero leri, salvatore called lucia randy alfredo batori. Kirk morris and frank gordon are wasted either way. Strongman frank gordon plays hercules, which is his first and last role, ever, which maybe the result of this films inability to connect with any audience. Maciste contro ercole nella valle dei guai wikipedia. Sword and sandal triumph of maciste, thewidescreen edition 1961 kirk morris, cathia caro, ljubica otasevic, cesare fantoni, giulio donnini. We would have liked at least a subtitle for this bonus. Maciste intervenes and saves from this sacrifice a villages women including the. Steve reeves,hercules,maciste,samson,goliath,gladiator.
Maciste marvelous maciste, maciste in hell, son of samson. Trionfo di maciste triumph of the son of hercules 1961 rotten. Dec 30, 20 triumph of maciste dance sequence i uploaded this dance number from triumph of maciste starring kirk morris and liuba bodina as the nondancers. Maciste against the czar 1964 cast and crew when the tartar hordes overrun the countryside under the command of the czar, the people call upon atlas. Kirk morris, cathia caro, richard harrison, isabelle corey. Arpad deriso story and screenplay, giovanni scolaro story and screenplay as nino scolaro stars. Il ritorno del gladiatore piu forte del mondo 1971 imdb. Italian hercules film series 19571965 the full wiki.
Maciste impotriva lui hercule, in valea necazurilor titlu original. The evil queen tenefi demands that a steady supply of young women be sacrificed to the god of fire. Cute the price of this doublefeature makes it acceptable. Kirk morris sons of hercules and frank gordon lesser known are casted in this abbott and costello type of movie. In this one, maciste is in memphis, egypt, where a tyrannical queen sacrifices women to a volcano god in a cave full of troglodytes. This is the first in a series of italian peplum films in which kirk morris plays maciste, the son of hercules. Thanks to the dealer the shopping zone, for a discounted dvd. Maciste is s out to conquer a evil queen who kidnaps.
We are an independent movie lovers club worldwide with 646. Triumph of the son of hercules 1961 kirk morris, cathia caro, ljubica otasevic feature action, adventure, drama. Oct 19, 2015 employing a full range of interdisciplinary approaches, together with a thorough examination of archival resources and a masterful synthesis of historical details, jacqueline reichs the maciste films of italian silent cinema marks a major contribution to film scholarship. This is one of those craptastic low budget peplumfantasy cheezefests that italians cranked out like crazy during the early sixties often starring clist actors like dan vadis and kirk morris and that have entertained ten year olds and immature b movie buffs like myself ever since. One of the many muscle men of peplum who dominated italian swordandsandal epics in the early 60s, italian kirk morris born adriano bellini was born in the late 1930s and plucked from the canals of venice for his go at moviedom. In son of samson, maciste mark forrest scion of the famed muscleman travels to the egyptian city of tanis to checkmate villainous queen smedes chelo alonso, whos persecuting the citizenry. Trionfo di maciste triumph of the son of hercules 1961.
Kirk morris was one of the gang of actors who found a certain degree of fame as stars of the italian cycle of peplum films during the early 1960s. Triumph of the son of hercules 1961 kirk morris, cathia caro. Maciste in hell 1962 stream and watch online moviefone. Triumph of the son of hercules 1961 cast and crew a musclebound hero kirk morris must save the woman cathia caro he loves from a queen liuba bodina who wants to sacrifice her to a volcano. Maciste allinferno maciste in hell the witchs curse, 1962 starring kirk morris. Alas, available prints of triumph suffer from severely washedout color, but kirk morris s bare chest still shines through and by the end of the movie, its sweatgleaming skin and wellformed nipples constantly on display will almost seem like old friends.
Jul 25, 2016 classic feat of strength scene from triumph of maciste starring kirk morris and liuba bodina this is one of the best feat of strength scene. Maciste intervenes and saves from this sacrifice a villages women including the beautiful antea. Triumph of the son of hercules the triumph of maciste starring kirk morris as maciste son of hercules in the land of darkness hercules the invincible starring dan vadis as hercules ulysses vs. For the syndicated version, a lengthy sequence was lifted from another kirk morris maciste film, maciste allinferno 1962, aka the witchs curse in america directed by riccardo freda. Triumph of the son of hercules aka il trionfo di maciste 1961 1h 27min. Even for a fan of the genre, this is a tough watch. Arpad deriso story and screenplay, giovanni scolaro story and screenplay as nino scolaro. List of films based on grecoroman mythology wikipedia. Triumph of the son of hercules 1961 kirk morris, cathia. Maciste against the czar 1964 cast and crew moviefone.
The evil queen tenefi, whos usurped the throne of memphis, demands that a steady supply of young women be sacrificed to the god of fire inside the mountain of thunder. Il trionfo di maciste the triumph of maciste triumph of the son of hercules, 1962 starring kirk morris. Kirk morris first foray into peplum is a rather dull effort until the final scenes. Once again we have the evil queen subjugating her people with bru triumph of maciste 1961. Triumph of maciste, thewidescreen edition 1961 kirk morris, cathia caro, ljubica otasevic, cesare fantoni. Classic feat of strength scene from triumph of maciste starring kirk morris and liuba bodina this is one of the best feat of strength scene. Thats the highlight of the film because it sure isnt an original peplum plot.
Il trionfo di maciste is a 1961 italian peplum film directed by tanio boccia and starring kirk morris. In 310 ad, the roman empire is under threat by traitors within the roman government. With brad harris, massimo serato, raf baldassarre, michel lemoine. Maciste is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema. Kirk morris, laura brown, demeter bitenc italy 1963 maciste rescues ario, the son king sandor, and his people from their land in a volcanic island that blowsup and they sail to the land. Born adriano bellini, kirk was just a handful of peplum stars that were actually italian and not imported from another country. Sword and sandal triumph of maciste, thewidescreen edition. I already uploaded this film here on this channel in 6 parts part 1. The plot is very similar to three stooges meet hercules. Maciste il vendicatore dei mayas maciste, avenger of the mayans no american title, 1965 note this maciste film was made up almost entirely of reedited stock footage from 2 older maciste films, maciste contro i mostri and maciste contro i cacciatori di teste, so maciste switches from kirk morris to reg lewis in various scenes. Maciste in hell 1962 kirk morris black hat cinephile.
After continuous attacks on their northern borders by hordes of germanic barbarians, centurion marcus discovers that the invaders have been supplied with roman weapons and equipment. The series repackaged italian swordandsandal films by giving them a standardized theme song for the opening and closing titles, as well as a standard introductory narration attempting to relate the lead character in each film to the greek demigod hercules. Aug 29, 2016 triumph of the son of hercules 1961 kirk morris, cathia caro, ljubica otasevic feature action, adventure, drama. The sons of hercules was a syndicated embassy pictures television show that aired in the united states of america in the 1960s.
Anyway this movie has maciste in it, played by kirk morris, who is a pretty young in life during this movie. Kirk morris plays macsite and rarely gets the chance to show his might as in other films like the triumph of maciste and is even hidden from the film until halfway through its running time. Britains bloodiest dynasty s1 e1 britains bloodiest dynasty. Kirk morris born 26 august 1942 is an italian bodybuilder and actor. Upcoming, new, and past kirk morris movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. Invincible gladiator 1962 triumph of the son of hercules 1961. The actors who played hercules in these films were steve reeves, gordon scott, kirk morris, mickey hargitay, mark forest, alan steel, dan vadis, brad harris, reg park, peter lupus billed as rock stevens and michael lane. Hercules in the valley of woe maciste contro ercole nella.
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