Starring Dan Vadis, Spela Rozin, Carla Calo, Ken Clark, Maria Fiore
Directed by Alvaro Mancori
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
The mighty Argoles rescues a beautiful princess and is promised her hand in marriage, but warriors from a warlike kingdom burn her village and take her prisoner, with Argoles in quick pursuit.
According to IMDB, this was originally released as Hercules The Invincible and did star Vadis as Hercules, but the DVD I watched this on featured a public domain print of the repackaged version for television, under a series called The Sons Of Hercules which split a series of sword and sandal films in two halves so they could be presented in an hour time block. I found the first half far more interesting than the second, with Argoles/Hercules taking on a savage lion, a dragon in a creature costume that looked pretty decent, and a trained bear, who apparently just wanted to give the hero a hug. The second half was less fresh, relying on more intrigue and backstabbing in the warlike kingdom, leading to the inevitable conclusion where the kingdom is destroyed by our hero, which had been used multiple times before this film was released. Nonetheless, it was a pleasant enough adventure, with well-done special effects and costumes, and Vadis looked good in the lead.
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