Hercules( 1958)

TV-MAFantasyAdventure

50%

User
Score

Overview

In this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod and superman, arrives in the ancient Greek kingdom of Iolcus to tutor Iphitus, son of king Pelias; immediately on arrival, he falls in love with the king's delectable, briefly clad daughter Iole. Before he can win her, he must succeed in a series of quests, in the course of which he teams up with Jason, true heir of Iolcus, whom he accompanies on the famous voyage of the Argonauts.

Top Billed Cast

Steve Reeves
Ercole (Hercules)
Sylva Koscina
Iole, Daugher of Pelias
Fabrizio Mioni
Jason
Gianna Maria Canale
Antea, Queen of the Amazons
Arturo Dominici
Eurysteus
Mimmo Palmara
Iphitus, Son of Pelias
Lidia Alfonsi
The Sybil
Gabriele Antonini
Ulysses
Aldo Fiorelli
Argos
Andrea Fantasia
Laertes
Luciana Paluzzi
Iole's Maid
Ivo Garrani
Pelias, King of Iolcus
Gina Rovere
amazzone
Lily Granado
amazzone
Afro Poli
Chironi
Gino Mattera
Orpheus
Gian Paolo Rosmino
Aesculapius
Willi Colombini
Fulvio Carrara
Aldo Pini
Tifi
Guido Martufi
Iphitus as a child
Paola Quattrini
Iole as a child
Romano Barbieri
Augusto Belardelli
Spartaco Nale

Social

Review 1Discussion

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Wed Aug 12 2020

_**Hercules, the Mediterranean, Sylva Koscina, murder, seers, a lion, a bull, sailing and Amazons!**_ Hercules (Steve Reeves) travels to a kingdom on the coast of the Mediterranean, the Italian Peninsula, to assist a king in training his son to take over. He meets the lovely daughter of the monarch (Sylva Koscina), unravels a murder from years earlier, throws the discus, fights a lion & a bull, sails the seas in search of the priceless Golden Fleece and encounters the Amazons. "Hercules" (1958) is an Italian sword & sandal flick in the mold of “Samson and Delilah” (1949) and “Ulysses” ...