Angelo Zanolli Movies
- 1962
In this adventurous sword and sandal epic, the muscle-bound offspring of the famous strongman tries to stop the wicked Egyptian queen from continuing to terrorize her subjects. She does this as she prepares to turn her country over to the Persians. She is also trying to force her handsome stepson, a good friend of Samson, Jr., to marry her. Samson gets involved after he comes to her city to search for his pal. Using his extraordinary strength, the young hero manages to defeat the queen's troops. This leads the queen to use her seductive powers on the man, but he is not interested. Angered, the queen throws him into a dungeon. Fortunately, he escapes and leads a slave revolt. Mayhem ensues until the wicked ruler tumbles into a deep pit filled with hungry crocodiles. This leaves the step-son to assume the throne. Peace and justice ensue as Samson returns to his home. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1960
Steve Reeves trades sandals and togas for the frilly, functional outfits common to 17th-century buccaneers in Morgan the Pirate. As the real-life Sir Henry Morgan, Reeves is sold into slavery and forced to work on a Panama plantation. He is purchased by haughty Valerie Lagrange; they fall in love, and as punishment Reeves is condemned to toil in the galley of a Spanish vessel. He leads an escape, overtakes the ship, and establishes himself as a pirate captain. In true Captain Blood fashion, he eventually catches up with his former amour LaGrange, laying waste to most of Panama in the process. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve Reeves, Valerie Lagrange, (more)
- 1960
This action adventure film features Forest as Maciste the Mighty confronting an army of Persians. ~ All Movie Guide
Maciste, here played by Kirk Morris, is instead a legendary Italian superhero of long standing. In this one, the mighty Mr. M journeys to seventeenth-century Scotland (this is Hell?) His foe is a fearsome Scottish witch who holds awesome power over the local wildlife, and for a while it looks like our hero will get killed. As with many other Maciste films, this Technicolor opus was bundled into the "Sons of Hercules" package syndicated to local TV stations in the mid-1960s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kirk Morris
