Hercules vs. Moloch

Hercules vs. Moloch (Italian: Ercole contro Moloch is a 1963 peplum film written and directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Gordon Scott.[3][4][5]

Hercules vs. the Moloch
Directed byGiorgio Ferroni
Produced by
  • Diego Alchimede
  • Roberto de Nesle[1]
Screenplay by
Starring
CinematographyAugusto Tiezzi[1]
Edited byAntonietta Zita[1]
Production
companies
  • Explorer Film '58
  • Comptoir Francais du Film[2]
Release date
  • 21 December 1963 (1963-12-21) (Italy)
Running time
98 minutes[2]
Country
  • Italy
  • France[2]

Plot

A deposed prince arrives in a city ruled over by a cult that worships an evil monster as a god. He becomes a gladiator and his feats in the arena earn him a place on the queen's royal guard, but secretly he plots to lead a revolution and destroy the creature that has enslaved the people.

Cast

Release

Hercules vs. the Moloch was released in Italy on December 21, 1963.[1] It was released in the United States by December 15, 1965.[1]

Reception

From contemporary reviews, the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed a 91 minute dubbed version.[2] The film stated that the plot was "completely routine" and its ending was "over-extravagant", the "Herculean hero is at least credited with a distinct measure of intelligence" noting that "the question of sheer physical strength is reated ambigulously [...] There is no penny-pinching in the staging; hundreds of extras are used for the big battle scenes, which really do succeed in giving the effect of an army and not merely a platoon."[2]

See also

References
  1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 96.
  2. "Ercole Contro Moloch (Hercules Attacks), Italy/France, 1963". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 322 no. 377. British Film Institute. June 1965. p. 91.
  3. Michele Giordano. Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.
  4. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  5. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.

Sources
  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)



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